Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Bidareagrahara Kere

Also called Bidarenaagrahara kere, Govt. lake, Bidare Agrahara Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Bidare Agarahara Vurf Chikkanagenah. village, Bengaluru East taluk

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Size
8.37 acresAbout 4.7 football pitches
Rank by size
831st 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% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 5% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1956, 1958 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

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

  1. 1927

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1957

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  3. 1978

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 22% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    9% of its water area has since gone dry; 17% is new water

    4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake

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

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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

    5% encroached, clean, 16.2 acres surveyed

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  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon; mostly floating weed in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 77% open water
    • 9% floating weed
    • 14% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 48% open water
    • 50% floating weed
    • 2% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
8.37 acres

About 4.7 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
16.2 acres

About 9.2 football pitches

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End to end
299 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 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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What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture & road runoff

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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
2017-11-2924.8127.14002501516.81.8327.70.19350
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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
3.77 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Farmers

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Taken for

Eucalyptus plantation

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Where it is encroached

On the north side

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Dumped in it

Construction debris, garbage & agriculture waste

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Land within 500 m

39% crops, 37% built, 12% trees, 6% shrubs, 5% grass, 1% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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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
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Overflows into

Doddabanahalli Kunte2

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Catchment
0.9 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir and 1 sluice gate

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding, washing, irrigation and construction

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What lives here

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, vacant land, plantation, settlement & factory

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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
Bidare Agarahara Vurf Chikkanagenah.

Bidarahalli hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

40

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Height above sea level
886 m
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Coordinates

13.0330° N, 77.7469° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
1094
2018 lake survey
BUBEBDbda_kr2-804
Lake Development Authority
LDA055
KGIS tank map
736