Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Avalahalli Kere

Also called Singanayakanahalli Lake

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

See it on the map
Size
12.3 acresAbout 7 football pitches
Rank by size
653rd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Hebbal
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.7% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1927 to 2026.

  1. 1927

    On the survey map

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  2. 1978

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water in 17 of 38 years

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

    Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry

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  4. 2015

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  5. 2015

    Restored

    See source

  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2020

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

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  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Muddy, 13.3 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 8% open water
    • 66% floating weed
    • 26% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 42% floating weed
    • 58% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
12.3 acres

About 7 football pitches

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Land records
11.0 acres

About 6.3 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
13.3 acres

About 7.5 football pitches

See source
End to end
374 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2 m
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Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
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How clean the water is

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

Agriculture runoff

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
See source
Every reading
Show every reading

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-1524.7735126010696.61.24811.50.121500
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.7%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

40% built, 27% crops, 21% trees, 6% shrubs, 5% grass, 0.8% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
City work on the lake
Developed
See source
City zone
Yelahanka
See source
City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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Campaign pages
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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Harohalli Kere

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Catchment
4.3 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and 3 islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sewage Treatment Plant

2.4 km away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
105 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Western Swamphen, Common Myna, Eurasian Coot and Indian Pond-Heron.

1,639 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
148 species

1,717 records, 2021 to 2025

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Teak endangered
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Photographed on iNaturalist
368 times

140 species, 199 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Oriental Darter, Medium Egret, Gray-headed Swamphen, Teak and Sea Almond.

Last seen Jun 2025

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Plantation, resort, nursery & Rd

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Avalahalli

Yelahanka hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

10 (Avalahalli), 64 (Shinganayakanahalli)

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Height above sea level
916 m
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Coordinates

13.1399° N, 77.5680° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
77
2018 lake survey
BUBNYHavl_kr1-244
Lake Development Authority
LDA019
KGIS tank map
835
City lake monitoring site
87