Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Ajjegowdana Katte

Also called Acchegowdana Katte

Kere, a large tank, in Kodagehalli village, Bengaluru North taluk

See it on the map
Size
2.04 acresAbout 1.2 football pitches
Rank by size
1247th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
2% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1956, 1958 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1914 to 2026.

  1. 1914

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  2. 1957

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  3. 1973

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 22 of 38 years

    Water in 3% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

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

    See sourceSee source

  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

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

    See source

  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Polluted, 3.80 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 71% open water
    • 12% floating weed
    • 18% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 24% open water
    • 6% floating weed
    • 71% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

The records disagree on its size, so each measure is shown.

Drawn outline
2.04 acres

About 1.2 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
3.80 acres

About 2.2 football pitches

See source
End to end
198 m

The longest straight line across the outline

See source
Deepest point, 2018
3.3 m
See source
Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
See source

How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Polluted
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture & road runoffs

See source

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
2%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Dumped in it

Construction debris, garbage & burned wastes

See source
Other problems noted

Soil Excavation

See source
Land within 500 m

67% built, 13% crops, 8% trees, 7% shrubs, 3% grass, 1% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Overflows into

Kannalli Kere

See source
Catchment
0.4 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain water

See source
Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, no overflow weirs, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

5MLD STP

1.7 km away, treats 5 million litres a day

See source

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Frogs

See source
Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and submerged

See source
Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture & layout

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Kodagehalli

Yeshwanthpura hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

45

See source
Height above sea level
847 m
See source
Coordinates

12.9827° N, 77.4659° E

See source

Read more

OpenStreetMap
See source
Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
518
2018 lake survey
BUBNYPkdg_kr1-151
KGIS tank map
1199