Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Deevatigeramnahalli Kere

ನಾಯಂಡಹಳ್ಳಿ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Deevatigeramanahalli kere, Deepanjalinagara lake, Deepanjali Nagara Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Deepanjali Nagara ward, Bengaluru West

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Size
4.99 acresAbout 2.8 football pitches
Rank by size
1026th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
6% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1952 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1951 to 2026.

  1. 1951

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

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  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    Water in 0.4% 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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  4. 2016

    Restored

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  5. 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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  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Dry, 7.55 acres surveyed

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  7. 2024

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

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  8. 2025-2026

    Part open water, part floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 44% open water
    • 40% floating weed
    • 15% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 7% floating weed
    • 93% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
4.99 acres

About 2.8 football pitches

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Land records
7.55 acres

About 4.3 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
7.55 acres

About 4.3 football pitches

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End to end
198 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
Dry
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north and 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°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2018-02-0616.658.3797820772184.825612.514350
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
6%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.27 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Dumped in it

Burning waste

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Other problems noted

Borwell

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

88% built, 10% trees, 1% crops

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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City work on the lake
Developed
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City zone
South
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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

Vrishabhavathi river

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Catchment
0.8 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Vrishabhavathi Valley 150MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

2.0 km away, treats 150 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
62 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Rock Pigeon, House Crow, Common Myna and White-cheeked Barbet.

3,916 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
62 species

3,916 records, 2016 to 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and free floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, vacant land, factory & buildings

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 94
Deepanjali Nagara

ದೀಪಾಂಜಲಿ ನಗರ

Bengaluru West corporation, Vijayanagar assembly seat

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Village
Deevatige Ramanahalli

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

32

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Height above sea level
828 m
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Coordinates

12.9493° N, 77.5309° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
477
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGdvr_kr2-1183
KGIS tank map
1155
City lake monitoring site
41