Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Carmelarm

Also called Gunjur kelaginakere, Carmelaram Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Gunjur ward, Bengaluru East

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Size
2.06 acresAbout 1.2 football pitches
Rank by size
1243rd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1944, 1946 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1903 to 2026.

  1. 1903

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1945

    On the survey map

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  3. 1980

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 14% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 60% is new water

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

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

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  5. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed every year

    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

  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Muddy, 9.43 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP

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  9. 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

    • 19% open water
    • 5% floating weed
    • 76% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 14% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 87% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
2.06 acres

About 1.2 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
9.43 acres

About 5.3 football pitches

See source
End to end
169 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
Muddy
See source
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
2017-11-2925.2187.61911623115.22.8163.80.121,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

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Land record maps
See source
Land within 500 m

37% shrubs, 27% trees, 14% crops, 11% grass, 10% built, 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
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Gunjuruplaya Kere

See source
Catchment
0.7 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

No inlet drains, no overflow weirs, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Bellandur Amani 90MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

2.5 km away, treats 90 million litres a day

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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

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, vacant land, plantation & farm house

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 50
Gunjur

ಗುಂಜೂರು

Bengaluru East corporation, Mahadevapura assembly seat

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Village
Gunjuru

Varthuru hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

95

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Height above sea level
881 m
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Coordinates

12.9181° N, 77.7109° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
122
2018 lake survey
BUBEVRguj_kr7-545
Lake Development Authority
LDA178
KGIS tank map
630
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302821/004