Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Doddabanahalli Kere

Also called Chikkabanahalli kere

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

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Size
11.8 acresAbout 6.7 football pitches
Rank by size
671st 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
0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 15% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1954, 1959 to 1973 and 1975 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1914 to 2026.

  1. 1914

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  3. 1958

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  4. 1974

    On the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 5% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    16% of its water area has since gone dry; 5% 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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  6. 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

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  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    15% encroached, muddy, 37.2 acres surveyed

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  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 7% open water
    • 92% floating weed
    • 2% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 13% open water
    • 69% floating weed
    • 18% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
11.8 acres

About 6.7 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
37.2 acres

About 21 football pitches

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End to end
416 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3.5 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
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage, agriculture & road runoff

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-west 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/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-2923.3207.1447259125.44.2163.80.351,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
18.7 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

Houses

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Where it is encroached

On the north-west side

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Dumped in it

Garbage

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation & Stone dump

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

39% crops, 29% built, 20% shrubs, 7% trees, 4% grass, 0.9% 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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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

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Catchment
1.1 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

3 inlet drains and 1 overflow weir

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding and washing

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What lives here

Birds recorded
17 species

Most seen: White-breasted Waterhen, Indian Pond-Heron, Greater Coucal, Purple Sunbird and Pale-billed Flowerpecker.

17 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
19 species

19 records, 2019 to 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Fish, birds and frogs

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, vacant land, settlement & plantation

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Chikkabanahalli

Bidarahalli hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

11

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Height above sea level
881 m
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Coordinates

13.0220° N, 77.7562° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
25
2018 lake survey
BUBEBDckb_kr1-818
Lake Development Authority
LDA120
KGIS tank map
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