Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Chikkelluru Kere

Katte, a medium tank, in Chikkelluru village, Bengaluru South taluk

See it on the map

Size

1.53 acresSmaller than a football pitch

Rank by size

1317th 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

4% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 50% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1957 and 1959 to 1983.

No open water seen by satellite, 1984-2021

What covers it each year:waterbuilt on or bareplants or weed

1914

1958

1984

1914
Not on the survey map
See source
1958
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1984-2021
No open water seen in any year
The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough
See source See source
2017-2018
In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached
This census's status marks are often wrong
See source
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
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
50% encroached, clean, 2.65 acres surveyed
See source
2025-2026
Mostly floating weed 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
100% floating weed
0% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
0% open water
75% floating weed
25% dry or built
See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline

1.53 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

2018 lake survey

2.65 acres

About 1.5 football pitches

End to end

150 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

2 m

Kind of lake

Katte, a medium tank

How clean the water is

State pollution board

Not tested by the state board

How it looked in 2018

Clean

What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture runoff

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

4%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Encroached by

Farmers, private owners and government agencies

Taken for

Agriculture, layout & road

Where it is encroached

On the north-east, west, center, of, the and lake side

Other problems noted

As per SSLR survey report in Sy.no.58, 2 1/4 guntas is encroached for private purpose and in Sy.no.3 of Seshagiripura village part 1.20 acres is fully encroached for road and private purpose

Land record maps

Survey number 3, Sheshagiripura

Land within 500 m

36% crops, 25% trees, 23% shrubs, 12% built, 4% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley

Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

Water comes from

Chikkelluru Kunte 2

Overflows into

Chikkaluru Rampura Kere

Catchment

0.2 km²

The land that drains into it

Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies and dragonflies

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and free floating

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

Around it

Around it in 2018

Arecanut plantation agriculture land, tempel & layout

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru

Outside the city limits

Village

Chikkelluru

Tavarekere hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

58 (Chikkelluru), 3 (Sheshagiripura)

Height above sea level

799 m

Coordinates

12.8797° N, 77.4190° E

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Its number in each record

2018 lake survey: BUBSTKckl_gk4-1123
KGIS tank map: 129
Water bodies census: 1/12/002/000003/000083/002