Lakes of Bendakaluru
On the site now
Agriculture land

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Byatarayapura Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Byatarayanapura ward, Bengaluru North

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Size in the 2018 survey
5.03 acresAbout 2.8 football pitches
Rank by size
DisappearedGone by 2016
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
No survey of building on record

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1957, 1959 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

  2. 1958

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

  3. 1978

    Not on the survey map

  4. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

  5. 2016

    Gone by 2016, says the 2018 lake survey

    5.03 acres surveyed

  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

    The lake is known only as a point or is under a quarter acre, so the shares are rough

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

  7. 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

How big it is

2018 lake survey
5.03 acres

About 2.8 football pitches

Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank

What took its place

On the site now
Agriculture land
Filled in by

Farmers

Around it in 2018

Plantation & apartment

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Land within 500 m

73% built, 19% trees, 3% crops, 3% bare ground, 1% grass, 0.9% shrubs

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

Where its water comes from and goes

Nearest sewage treatment plant

Doddabomasandra STP

2.4 km away

What lives here

Birds recorded
52 species

Most seen: Rock Pigeon, Black Kite, Large-billed Crow, Common Myna and Pale-billed Flowerpecker.

530 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
53 species

531 records, 2014 to 2025

Threatened species seen here
1
  • Spot-billed Pelican near threatened
Photographed on iNaturalist
2 times

Last seen Oct 2023

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 15
Byatarayanapura

ಬ್ಯಾಟರಾಯನಪುರ

Bengaluru North corporation, Byatarayanapura assembly seat

Village
Byatarayanapura

Yelahanka hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

75

Height above sea level
916 m
Coordinates

13.0683° N, 77.5877° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNYHbyt_kr1-249