Lakes of Bendakaluru
On the site now
Dr. Ambedkar play ground

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Agrahara Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Dr Rajkumar Ward ward, Bengaluru West

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Size in the 2018 survey
9.63 acresAbout 5.5 football pitches
Rank by size
DisappearedGone by 2015
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
No survey of building on record

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1958 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1957 to 2026.
  1. 1957

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough

  4. 2015

    Gone by 2015, says the 2018 lake survey

    9.63 acres surveyed

  5. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

    The lake is known only as a point or is under a quarter acre, so the shares are rough

    About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years

  7. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season

    The lake is small for these images, so treat the shares as rough

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built

How big it is

2018 lake survey
9.63 acres

About 5.5 football pitches

Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank

What took its place

On the site now
Dr. Ambedkar play ground
Filled in by

BBMP

Around it in 2018

Kalyana mantapa, houses & petrol bunk

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Land within 500 m

91% built, 7% trees, 2% crops

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

Where its water comes from and goes

Where its water comes from and goes is not on record.

What lives here

All wildlife recorded
1 species

1 records, all in 2023

Threatened species seen here
1
  • East Indian Sandalwood vulnerable

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 70
Dr Rajkumar Ward

ಡಾ. ರಾಜ್‌ಕುಮಾರ್ ವಾರ್ಡ್

Bengaluru West corporation, Govindraj Nagar assembly seat

Village
Agarahara Dasarahalli

Yeshwanthpura hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

72

Height above sea level
895 m
Coordinates

12.9848° N, 77.5445° E

Read more

Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNYPagh_kr1-80
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302777/001