Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Chokkanahalli Lake

ಚೊಕ್ಕನಹಳ್ಳಿ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Govt lake

Kere, a large tank, in Sampigehalli ward, Bengaluru North

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Size
5.38 acresAbout 3 football pitches
Rank by size
1001st largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Hebbal
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
7% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 5% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1927 to 2026.

  1. 1927

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1978

    Not on the survey map

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  3. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 17% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 32% is new water

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  4. 2012

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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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 water in most years

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

    See source

  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    5% encroached, muddy and polluted, 8.05 acres surveyed

    Restored, year not recorded

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  8. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 35% open water
    • 1% floating weed
    • 64% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 91% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 9% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
5.38 acres

About 3 football pitches

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Land records
8.05 acres

About 4.6 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
8.05 acres

About 4.6 football pitches

See source
End to end
274 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
Muddy and polluted
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the west

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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°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-1527.5467.9500350163.76.66457.60.171,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
7%

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

Graveyard

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Where it is encroached

On the south-east side

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

45% built, 26% crops, 11% trees, 8% grass, 7% shrubs, 3% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
City work on the lake
Developed
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City zone
Yelahanka
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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Agrahara Lake

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Catchment
0.6 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

6 inlet drains, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, 2 culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sewage Treatment Plant

2.7 km away, treats 15 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
84 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Rock Pigeon, Common Myna, Purple-rumped Sunbird and Large-billed Crow.

3,339 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
85 species

3,340 records, 2016 to 2026

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Photographed on iNaturalist
9 times

6 species, 4 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: White Cheesewood, Brown-woolly Fig, Chequered Keelback, White-browed Wagtail and Footman moth.

Last seen Feb 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, settlement, school & plantation

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 20
Sampigehalli

ಸಂಪಿಗೆಹಳ್ಳಿ

Bengaluru North corporation, Byatarayanapura assembly seat

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Village
Chokkanahalli

Yelahanka hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

2

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Height above sea level
918 m
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Coordinates

13.0847° N, 77.6291° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
32
2018 lake survey
BUBNYHchk_kr3-257
Lake Development Authority
LDA101
KGIS tank map
801
Water bodies census
2/12/002/253189/025976/006