Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Goudanakere

ಗೌಡನ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Gowdana Kere

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

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Size
9.93 acresAbout 5.6 football pitches
Rank by size
749th 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
39% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 20% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1927 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1926 to 2026.

  1. 1926

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water in 9 of 38 years

    Water in 0.5% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    2% 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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  4. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  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

    See source

  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    20% encroached, polluted, 9.75 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 25% open water
    • 16% floating weed
    • 59% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 4% open water
    • 36% floating weed
    • 60% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

Drawn outline
9.93 acres

About 5.6 football pitches

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Land records
9.57 acres

About 5.4 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
9.75 acres

About 5.5 football pitches

See source
End to end
284 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
Polluted
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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
39%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
3.00 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Private owners

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Taken for

Houses

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Where it is encroached

On the north, north-east, south-west and west side

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Dumped in it

Garbage, poultry & plastic wastes

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Land record maps
See source
Land within 500 m

90% built, 8% trees, 0.6% crops, 0.5% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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City work on the lake
To be developed
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City zone
Bommanahalli
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
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Doraikere

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Catchment
0.7 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

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

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Used for, 2018 survey

Fishing and cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sarakki 5MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

2.4 km away, treats 5 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
47 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Rock Pigeon, White-browed Wagtail, Indian Pond-Heron and White-cheeked Barbet.

640 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
47 species

640 records, 2019 to 2024

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Photographed on iNaturalist
3 times

2 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: metel devil's trumpet and Blue Tiger.

Last seen Nov 2023

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Urban, settlement, temple

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Surveyor's note, 2018

Mr. Vinaya Kumar, IFS (3.11.16)

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 6
Gowdanapalya

ಗೌಡನಪಾಳ್ಯ

Bengaluru South corporation, Padmanabanagar assembly seat

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Village
Kadirenahalli

Uttarahalli hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

33 (Kadirenahalli), 10 (Vasanthapura)

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Height above sea level
882 m
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Coordinates

12.9078° N, 77.5564° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
480
2018 lake survey
BUBSUHkdr_kr1-1343
KGIS tank map
1029
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302854/001
City lake monitoring site
44