Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Chimasandra Kere

ಚೀಮಸಂದ್ರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Cheemasandra Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Chimasandra village, Bengaluru East taluk

See it on the map
Size
21.4 acresAbout 12 football pitches
Rank by size
422nd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Hebbal
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Fit only for irrigationTested Jul 2026
Built over
2% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 3% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1921 to 1926, 1928 to 1954, 1956 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1920 to 2026.

  1. 1920

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1927

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  4. 1978

    On the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 12% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    3% of its water area has since gone dry; 5% is new water

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

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

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  6. 1986

    Listed among green belt tanks by the Lakshman Rau committee

    Printed as Cheemasandra tank, tank 593

    13.2 ha, as printed in the 1986 report

    Among the tanks between Bellary Road and Madras Road, Hoskote taluk

    See source

  7. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  8. 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

    See source

  9. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    3% encroached, muddy and polluted, 26.5 acres surveyed

    See source

  10. 2025-2026

    Tested by the state board in 15 months, most often fit only for irrigation

    May 2025 to Jul 2026

    See every testSee source

  11. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 87% floating weed
    • 13% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 62% floating weed
    • 38% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
21.4 acres

About 12 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
26.5 acres

About 15 football pitches

See source
End to end
607 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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

How clean the water is

Latest test
Fit only for irrigation

Fit only for irrigation, cooling and waste disposal. Class E on the state board’s scale from A, the cleanest, to E.

Tested Jul 2026

See source
Class each month, tested 15 times since May 2025
Fit only for wildlife and fish: 7 months. Fit only for irrigation: 8 months. Every month is listed in the readings below.
Drinkable after disinfection
Fit for bathing
Drinkable after treatment
Fit only for wildlife and fish
Fit only for irrigation
See source
How it looked in 2018
Muddy and polluted
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage, agriculture & road runoff

See source
Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-west

See source
Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
See source
Every reading
Show every reading

Latest test, Jul 2026. Too low to measure: boron, carbonate, nitrite, phenolphthalein alkalinity

MeasureUnitValue
Water temperature°C25
Dissolved oxygenmg/L0.8
pH7.1
ConductivityµS/cm1,711
BODmg/L9
Nitratemg/L as N6.6
Faecal coliformMPN/100mL630
Total coliformMPN/100mL16,000
Bicarbonatemg/L390
TurbidityNTU14
Total alkalinitymg/L as CaCO3390
Chloridemg/L296
CODmg/L120
Kjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as N2.86
Ammonia nitrogenmg/L as N2.2
Total hardnessmg/L as CaCO3468
Calcium hardnessmg/L as CaCO3244
Calciummg/L97.6
Magnesium hardnessmg/L as CaCO3224
Magnesiummg/L54.5
Sulphatemg/L80
Sodiummg/L172
Dissolved solidsmg/L1,160
Suspended solidsmg/L20
Phosphatemg/L0.51
Potassiummg/L18
Fluoridemg/L0.4
Sodium share%34
Sodium adsorption ratio3.5
Orthophosphatemg/L1.55

Every month the state board tested it

MonthClassDissolved oxygenmg/LBODmg/LFaecal coliformMPN/100mLTotal coliformMPN/100mLSource
Jul 2026E0.8963016,000See source
Jun 2026E3165,80012,000See source
May 2026E1.31225,00058,000See source
Apr 2026E254705,400See source
Mar 2026D5.353302,800See source
Feb 2026E3.16622150See source
Jan 2026E2.5228,40015,000See source
Dec 2025D5.34461,600See source
Nov 2025D5.351703,500See source
Oct 2025D4.562605,400See source
Sep 2025E1.4542,6007,000See source
Aug 2025E3.1191,1004,900See source
Jul 2025D5.782,0009,400See source
Jun 2025D582501,500See source
May 2025D561,3008,400See source

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
2017-11-2925.6127.536027099.84.6163.80.19900
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
2%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Encroached area, 2017
1.93 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Encroached by

Government agencies

See source
Taken for

Road

See source
Where it is encroached

On the south-west side

See source
Dumped in it

Garbage

See source
Other problems noted

Soil excavation

See source
Land within 500 m

52% built, 22% crops, 14% trees, 8% shrubs, 3% grass, 1% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Overflows into

Yellamallappashetti Kere

See source
Catchment
2.7 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall & drain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate and 1 culvert

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding and washing

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
1 species

Most seen: Saxicoloides fulicatus.

1 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
1 species

1 records, all in 2019

See source
Animals seen, 2018 survey

Fish, frogs, birds and Mollus

See source
Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, factory & sheds

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Chimasandra

Bidarahalli hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

34

See source
Height above sea level
887 m
See source
Coordinates

13.0434° N, 77.7405° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
21
2018 lake survey
BUBEBDcms_kr2-817
Lake Development Authority
LDA094
KGIS tank map
727
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000005/000032/001