Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Govt. Vaddakere

Also called Govt. Vaddakere-2

Kere, a large tank, in Choodasandra village, Anekal taluk

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Size
3.84 acresAbout 2.2 football pitches
Rank by size
1093rd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.5% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1959 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1958 to 2026.

  1. 1958

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1980

    On the survey map

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  3. 1984-2021

    Held water in 24 of 38 years

    Water in 6% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 27% is new water

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  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2023

    About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years

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  5. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Dry, 4.33 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 67% open water
    • 2% floating weed
    • 31% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 43% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 57% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
3.84 acres

About 2.2 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
4.33 acres

About 2.5 football pitches

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End to end
204 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
Dry
See source
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
2017-12-0525.157.84994182516.59.212834.680.2723
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.5%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.50 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Dumped in it

Construction debris, garbage dump

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Land within 500 m

46% built, 29% trees, 11% crops, 6% shrubs, 6% grass, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

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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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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Halanayakanahalli Kere

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Catchment
0.9 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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What lives here

Birds recorded
56 species

Most seen: Little Egret, Eurasian Coot, Indian Pond-Heron, Little Grebe and Rock Pigeon.

193 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
58 species

195 records, 2023 to 2024

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Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Chequered Keelback.

Last seen Oct 2023

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Chodasandra lake, houses, plantation, layout, apartm.

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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
Choodasandra

Sarjapura hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

43

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Height above sea level
904 m
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Coordinates

12.8867° N, 77.6800° E

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Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
90
2018 lake survey
BUAKSPcho_kr3-932
Lake Development Authority
LDA168
KGIS tank map
638