Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Chikkakere

Also called Ramasandra Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Ramasandra village, Bengaluru South taluk

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Size
6.96 acresAbout 3.9 football pitches
Rank by size
899th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
1% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 10% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1913, 1915 to 1972 and 1974 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. 1914

    Not on the survey map

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  3. 1973

    On the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 9 of 38 years

    Water in 3% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 24% is new water

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

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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 built on or bare every year

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

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  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    10% encroached, polluted, 7.15 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2024

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

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  9. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 62% open water
    • 7% floating weed
    • 32% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 8% open water
    • 41% floating weed
    • 52% dry or built
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How big it is

Drawn outline
6.96 acres

About 3.9 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
7.15 acres

About 4.1 football pitches

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End to end
262 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
Polluted
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-east

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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°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2018-02-0921.58.498496040594.1564.82141,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
1%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
2.25 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

NICE & local road

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Where it is encroached

On the north-west, south-west and south-east side

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Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

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Other problems noted

As per RTC, 3.00 a-g of area was KIADB leased to NICEL for 40 yrs

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

47% built, 23% crops, 14% trees, 12% shrubs, 4% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

See source
City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Kommaghatta Govt. Lake

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Catchment
1 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

STP-1

1.6 km away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
82 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Little Egret, Indian Pond-Heron, Little Grebe and Brahminy Kite.

1,030 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
82 species

1,030 records, 2020 to 2024

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Photographed on iNaturalist
2 times

2 species, 2 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Black-winged Stilt and Painted Stork.

Last seen Apr 2023

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent, free floating and rooted floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Layout, NICE road

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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
Ramasandra

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

6

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Height above sea level
819 m
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Coordinates

12.9468° N, 77.4711° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
519
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGrms_kr1-1278
KGIS tank map
1215
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302802/002
City lake monitoring site
105