Lakes of Bendakaluru
On the site now
Government urdu model primary girls school playground & buildings

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Devara Jeevanahalli Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Varalakshmi Nagar ward, Bengaluru North

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Size in the 2018 survey
14.3 acresAbout 8.1 football pitches
Rank by size
DisappearedGone by 2015
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
No survey of building on record

Through the years

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

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1927 to 2026.
  1. 1927

    On the survey map

  2. 1927

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

  3. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

  4. 1978

    On the survey map

  5. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough

  6. 2015

    Gone by 2015, says the 2018 lake survey

    14.3 acres surveyed

  7. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

    The lake is known only as a point or is under a quarter acre, so the shares are rough

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

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built 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
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built

How big it is

2018 lake survey
14.3 acres

About 8.1 football pitches

Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank

What took its place

On the site now
Government urdu model primary girls school playground & buildings
Filled in by

Government agencies and the public

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Land within 500 m

63% built, 23% trees, 10% crops, 2% grass, 1% shrubs, 0.8% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

Where its water comes from and goes

Nearest sewage treatment plant

ETP

2.9 km away

What lives here

All wildlife recorded
1 species

1 records, all in 2025

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 43
Varalakshmi Nagar

ವರಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ನಗರ

Bengaluru North corporation, Pulakeshinagar assembly seat

Village
Devara Jeevanahalli

Kasaba hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

22

Height above sea level
921 m
Coordinates

13.0104° N, 77.6058° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNBKdvj_kr1-19