Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Badavamavarthekavalu Hosakere-1

Kere, a large tank, in Badamanavarth a kaval (P1) village, Bengaluru South taluk

See it on the map
Size
2.34 acresAbout 1.3 football pitches
Rank by size
1229th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
6% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 2% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1980 to 2026.

  1. 1980

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 1% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    3% of its water area has since gone dry; 6% is new water

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

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  3. 2000

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly water in most years

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

    See source

  5. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    2% encroached, clean, 5.50 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed 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

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

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
2.34 acres

About 1.3 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
5.50 acres

About 3.1 football pitches

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End to end
163 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2.5 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
Clean
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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
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Every reading
Show every reading

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2018-02-0927.1308.41,24982682.26.91160.720.18.41,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
6%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached by

Developers

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Taken for

Layout

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Where it is encroached

On the south-west side

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Land within 500 m

44% trees, 19% shrubs, 14% grass, 11% crops, 11% built, 0.9% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

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Where its water comes from and goes

Overflows into

Agara Kere

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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What lives here

Birds recorded
24 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Common Iora, Common Kingfisher, Greater Coucal and Purple Sunbird.

48 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
28 species

52 records, 2022 to 2026

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Photographed on iNaturalist
36 times

12 species, 7 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Seven-spotted Handmaiden Moth, Pioneer White, Beaked Earthstar, Black creeper and Lemon Pansy.

Last seen Aug 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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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

School, layout, vacant land

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Badamanavarth a kaval (P1)

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

117

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Height above sea level
792 m
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Coordinates

12.8514° N, 77.5094° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGbvk_kr1-1160
KGIS tank map
1173