Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Chikkaluru Kere

Also called Chikkelluru Govt. Kere

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

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Size
9.81 acresAbout 5.6 football pitches
Rank by size
753rd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1954, 1959 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1914 to 2026.

  1. 1914

    On the survey map

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  2. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  3. 1958

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  4. 1973

    On the survey map

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  5. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    Water in 0.6% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 8% 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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  6. 2017-2025

    No one cover holds over half of it in most years

    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

    Clean, 15.2 acres surveyed

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  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 2% open water
    • 77% floating weed
    • 21% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 2% open water
    • 25% floating weed
    • 73% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
9.81 acres

About 5.6 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
15.2 acres

About 8.6 football pitches

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End to end
329 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
4 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
Clean
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What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture runoff

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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.57 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Other problems noted

As per SSLR survey report 23 guntas is encroached for private purpose and Soil excavation is also observed

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Land within 500 m

51% crops, 16% trees, 13% shrubs, 9% built, 7% grass, 4% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
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Overflows into

Chikkaluru Rampura Kere

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Catchment
9.2 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

3 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, 1 culvert, 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-6

1.9 km away

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What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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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, plantation & layout

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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
Chikkelluru

Tavarekere hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

23

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Height above sea level
807 m
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Coordinates

12.8942° N, 77.4273° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
329
2018 lake survey
BUBSTKckl_kr1-1120
KGIS tank map
122