Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Dodda Bettahalli

ಚಿಕ್ಕಬೆಟ್ಟಹಳ್ಳಿ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Chikkabettahalli, Chikkabettahalli katte 1, Sarkari Valagere, Chikkabettahalli Lake

Katte, a medium tank, in Attur ward, Bengaluru North

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Size
7.14 acresAbout 4 football pitches
Rank by size
894th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Arkavathi
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
8% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1926, 1928 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1903 to 2026.

  1. 1903

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1927

    Not on the survey map

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  3. 1978

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 2 of 38 years

    Water in 4% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 14% 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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  5. 1986

    Listed among green belt tanks by the Lakshman Rau committee

    Printed as Bettahalli tank, tank 384

    3.2 ha, as printed in the 1986 report

    Among the tanks between Bellary Road and Madras Road, Bangalore North taluk

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  6. 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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  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Sewage, 1.80 acres surveyed

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  8. 2024

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

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  9. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 7% open water
    • 25% floating weed
    • 68% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 49% open water
    • 7% floating weed
    • 44% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
7.14 acres

About 4 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
1.80 acres

About 1 football pitch

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End to end
342 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 m
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Kind of lake
Katte, a medium tank
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How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Sewage
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-east

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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
8%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Dumped in it

Garbage & burning of waste

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Land within 500 m

61% built, 17% crops, 10% trees, 8% grass, 3% shrubs, 2% bare ground

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 lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Vaderahalli Kere

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Catchment
0.2 km²

The land that drains into it

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Vidyaranyapura Sewage Treatment Plant

2.1 km away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
19 species

Most seen: Jungle Myna, Common Myna, Oriental Darter, Eastern Red-rumped Swallow and Greater Coucal.

20 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
19 species

20 records, all in 2020

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Temple, layout, vacant land & quarry

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 7
Attur

ಅಟ್ಟುರು

Bengaluru North corporation, Yelahanka assembly seat

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Village
Chikkabettahalli

Yelahanka hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

52

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Height above sea level
926 m
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Coordinates

13.0919° N, 77.5545° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
262
2018 lake survey
BUBNYHckb_gk1-250
Lake Development Authority
LDA481
City lake monitoring site
76