Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Govt. Karabu

Also called Karihobanahalli kere

Kere, a large tank, in Dodda Bidarakallu ward, Bengaluru West

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Size
0.58 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1478th 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
11% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1916 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1915 to 2026.

  1. 1915

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

    See sourceSee source

  3. 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

  4. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Muddy, 3.13 acres surveyed

    See source

  5. 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
    • 18% floating weed
    • 82% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

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

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
0.58 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
2018 lake survey
3.13 acres

About 1.8 football pitches

See source
End to end
70 m

The longest straight line across the outline

See source
Deepest point, 2018
2 m
See source
Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
See source

How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Muddy
See source

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
11%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Encroached by

BBMP

See source
Taken for

BBMP office & road

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Where it is encroached

On the north side

See source
Other problems noted

Soil Excavation

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Land within 500 m

51% built, 22% crops, 17% trees, 6% shrubs, 3% grass, 0.9% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Overflows into

Gangondanahalli Kere

See source
Catchment
0.2 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

See source
Built parts, 2018 survey

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

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

Nagasandra Phase I 20MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

2.5 km away, treats 20 million litres a day

See source

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

See source
Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

BBMP office, buildings & plantation

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 11
Dodda Bidarakallu

ದೊಡ್ಡ ಬಿದರಕಲ್ಲು

Bengaluru West corporation, Yeshwanthapura assembly seat

See source
Village
Karivobanahalli

Yeshwanthpura hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

8

See source
Height above sea level
885 m
See source
Coordinates

13.0212° N, 77.4849° E

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Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
263
2018 lake survey
BUBNYPkrv_kr1-140
Lake Development Authority
LDA271