Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Badavamavarthekavalu Kunte7

Kere, a large tank, in Kengeri Kote ward ward, Bengaluru West

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Size
3.08 acresAbout 1.7 football pitches
Rank by size
1155th 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
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1904 to 2026.

  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

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

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 5% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  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

    Dry, 3.50 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 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
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
3.08 acres

About 1.7 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
3.50 acres

About 2 football pitches

See source
End to end
226 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
4 m
See source
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
Dry
See source

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land within 500 m

48% shrubs, 34% trees, 7% grass, 6% crops, 5% built

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

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

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

Hemmigepura 13 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

1.8 km away, treats 13 million litres a day

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What lives here

All wildlife recorded
1 species

1 records, all in 2019

See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
5 times

3 species, 2 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: flame lily, Wild Cane and Common Grass-dart.

Last seen Oct 2025

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Layout & foest

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 20
Kengeri Kote ward

ಕೆಂಗೇರಿ ಕೋಟೆ ವಾರ್ಡ್

Bengaluru West corporation, Yeshwanthapura assembly seat

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Village
Badamanavarthakaval (P3)

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

170

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Height above sea level
815 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8935° N, 77.4991° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGbvk_kr12-1170
KGIS tank map
1166