Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Begihalli Govt. Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Begihalli village, Anekal taluk

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Size
3.22 acresAbout 1.8 football pitches
Rank by size
1146th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
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 1957 to 1979 and 1981 to 1987.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1956 to 2026.

  1. 1956

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

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  3. 1988-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 39% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 87% is new water

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  4. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly water in most years

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

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  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Clean, 6.08 acres surveyed

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  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

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

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

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

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

Drawn outline
3.22 acres

About 1.8 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
6.08 acres

About 3.4 football pitches

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End to end
173 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
2018-01-0924.5207.9199124138.56.3160.540.412.617
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.70 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

30% built, 26% crops, 18% trees, 12% grass, 11% shrubs, 4% water, 0.6% 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

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Hosakere

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Catchment
0.7 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, plantation & layout

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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
Begihalli

Jigani hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

52

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Height above sea level
914 m
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Coordinates

12.7941° N, 77.6086° E

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Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
236
2018 lake survey
BUAKJGbgh_kr3-1046
Lake Development Authority
LDA037
KGIS tank map
1068
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000001/000014/001