Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Garvebhavipalya Lake

Also called Hongasandra Govt. Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Bandepalya ward, Bengaluru South

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Size
14.8 acresAbout 8.4 football pitches
Rank by size
575th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
6% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 2% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1954, 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1904 to 2026.

  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  3. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water until 1998

    Water in 0.3% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    1% of its water area has since gone dry; 0% 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. 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 built on or bare from 2021

    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

    2% encroached, polluted, 18.1 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2024

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

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  9. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 74% floating weed
    • 26% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 80% floating weed
    • 20% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
14.8 acres

About 8.4 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
18.1 acres

About 10 football pitches

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End to end
376 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2 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
Polluted
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south

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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°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2018-02-0524.86.91,424886162128.60.1948044.692.126.61,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
6%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached by

Government agencies and the public

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Taken for

Road & houses

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Where it is encroached

On the south-east side

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Dumped in it

Construction debris, garbage dump

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

94% built, 3% trees, 1% crops, 0.5% 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 lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Agara Lake

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Catchment
0.9 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

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

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Chikkabeguru Sewage Treatment Plant

1.4 km away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
11 species

Most seen: Rock Pigeon, Barn Swallow, Black Kite, Common Myna and Greater Coucal.

33 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
11 species

33 records, 2017 to 2020

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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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

Settlement

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 67
Bandepalya

ಬಂಡೇಪಾಳ್ಯ

Bengaluru South corporation, Bommanahalli assembly seat

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Village
Hongasandra

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

41

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Height above sea level
902 m
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Coordinates

12.8964° N, 77.6374° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
125
2018 lake survey
BUBSBGhgs_kr1-1446
Lake Development Authority
LDA204
KGIS tank map
973
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302862/003
City lake monitoring site
91