Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Chandrashekarapura Kere

Also called Chandrashekarapura Govt. lake, Chandrashekarapura Kere2

Kere, a large tank, in Yelenahalli ward, Bengaluru South

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Size
3.06 acresAbout 1.7 football pitches
Rank by size
1158th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
Nobody on record looks after it
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
12% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 12% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1958 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1957 to 2026.

  1. 1957

    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

    See sourceSee source

  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

    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

    12% encroached, dry, 3.40 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
    • 3% floating weed
    • 97% 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
3.06 acres

About 1.7 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
3.40 acres

About 1.9 football pitches

See source
End to end
175 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2 m
See source
Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
See source

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
12%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.05 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

Houses, mud road & vacant

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Where it is encroached

On the north, west and south-west side

See source
Other problems noted

Nearby Quarry

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Land within 500 m

54% built, 20% trees, 12% grass, 6% crops, 4% shrubs, 3% bare ground, 1% wetland, 0.7% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Nobody on record looks after it.

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Hulimavu Kere

See source
Catchment
0.3 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

Hulimavu 10MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

274 m away, treats 10 million litres a day

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What lives here

All wildlife recorded
1 species

1 records, all in 2022

See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
3 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Streaked Rattlepod.

Last seen Sep 2024

See source
Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Vacant land & apartment

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 37
Yelenahalli

ಯೆಲೇನಹಳ್ಳಿ

Bengaluru South corporation, Bangalore South assembly seat

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Village
Chandrashekarapura

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

4

See source
Height above sea level
909 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8636° N, 77.6056° E

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Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
166
2018 lake survey
BUBSBGcsp_kr2-1426
Lake Development Authority
LDA076