Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Bingipura Lake

Also called Govt. Kharabu kere

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

See it on the map
Size
6.76 acresAbout 3.8 football pitches
Rank by size
912th 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
0.3% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 0.0% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1962 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1961 to 2026.

  1. 1961

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed in most years

    Floating weed shows as crops or grass here, not as water

    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

    0.0% encroached, dry, 8.32 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 6% floating weed
    • 94% 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
6.76 acres

About 3.8 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
8.32 acres

About 4.7 football pitches

See source
End to end
258 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
1 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
0.3%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
8.32 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

The public

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Taken for

Vacant

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Where it is encroached

On the south-east side

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Land within 500 m

37% crops, 24% built, 19% trees, 13% grass, 5% shrubs, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

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

Varadanakunte

See source
Catchment
0.8 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, 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

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, vacant land, plantation & temple

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Bingipura

Jigani hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

98

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Height above sea level
911 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8226° N, 77.6278° E

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Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
915
2018 lake survey
BUAKJGbin_kr6-1062
KGIS tank map
1093