Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Govt. Maggekere

Kere, a large tank, in Kumbalagodu village, Bengaluru South taluk

See it on the map
Size
2.53 acresAbout 1.4 football pitches
Rank by size
1209th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
3% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 20% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1913, 1915 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

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

  1. 1903

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1914

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  3. 1973

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

    See sourceSee source

  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2019

    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, muddy, 5.80 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon; part dry or built, part floating weed in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 30% open water
    • 18% floating weed
    • 52% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 22% open water
    • 30% floating weed
    • 48% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
2.53 acres

About 1.4 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
5.80 acres

About 3.3 football pitches

See source
End to end
158 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2.5 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
Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
See source
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
2018-02-0925.8127.91,7741,288107.73.17321.691.423.81,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
3%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.30 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Encroached by

Government agencies and private owners

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Taken for

Railway track & vacant land

See source
Where it is encroached

On the west side

See source
Land record maps
See source
Land within 500 m

62% built, 18% trees, 9% crops, 7% shrubs, 4% grass, 0.6% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Catchment
0.4 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

STP-6

787 m away

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
1 species

Most seen: Eurasian Coot.

2 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
4 species

5 records, 2022 to 2024

See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
4 times

4 species, 3 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Indian Garden Lizard, Chalky Percher, Indian banyan and twoleaf nightshade.

Last seen Apr 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Railway track, agriculture, college ground & vacant land

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Kumbalagodu

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

10

See source
Height above sea level
766 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8843° N, 77.4456° E

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Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
472
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGkum_kr1-1242
KGIS tank map
1227