Lakes of Bendakaluru

No outline on record

Only this point is known

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Gowdana Kere

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

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Size in the 2018 survey

8.93 acresAbout 5.1 football pitches

Rank by size

804th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist

Valley

No valley on record

Who looks after it

ZPZilla Panchayat

Water quality

Not tested for water quality yet

Built over

10% encroached2018 survey

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1972, 1974 to 1978 and 1980 to 1983.

No open water seen by satellite, 1984-2021

What covers it each year:waterbuilt on or bareplants or weed

1914

1973

1979

1984

1914
Not on the survey map
See source
1973
Not on the survey map
See source
1979
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1984-2021
No open water seen in any year
The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough
See source See source
2017-2025
Mostly built on or bare from 2022
The lake is known only as a point or is under a quarter acre, so the shares are rough
About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years
See source
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
10% encroached, muddy, 8.93 acres surveyed
See source
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
0% floating weed
100% 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

2018 lake survey

8.93 acres

About 5.1 football pitches

Deepest point, 2018

3 m

Kind of lake

Kere, a large tank

How clean the water is

State pollution board

Not tested by the state board

How it looked in 2018

Muddy

What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture runoff

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18

1 readings

Every reading

Show every reading

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

Date	Where	Water temperature°C	Light transparencycm	pH	ConductivityµS/cm	Dissolved solidsmg/L	Suspended solidsmg/L	TurbidityNTU	Dissolved oxygenmg/L	CODmg/L	BODmg/L	Total phosphate	Kjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as N	Total coliformMPN/100mL
2018-02-09		26.9	12	7.8	208	164	13	15.9	5.97	16	4.3	0.1	11.2	1,600

How much is built over

Encroached area, 2017

0.97 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

Encroached by

Government agencies

Taken for

Road, vacant land

Where it is encroached

On the south side

Other problems noted

As per the SSLR survey report 0.38 Guntas is encroached by Govt. and 0.01 by Private with Soil excavation

Land record maps

Survey number 97, Koluru

Land within 500 m

64% crops, 10% built, 10% shrubs, 8% trees, 8% grass, 0.5% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Zilla Panchayat

ZP

Where its water comes from and goes

Overflows into

Koluru Hosakere

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

What lives here

Birds recorded

1 species

Most seen: Greater spotted eagle.

1 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded

1 species

1 records, all in 2025

Threatened species seen here

1

Greater spotted eagle vulnerable

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and free floating

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, VI & brick factory

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru

Outside the city limits

Village

Koluru

Tavarekere hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

97

Height above sea level

811 m

Coordinates

12.9571° N, 77.4066° E

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Its number in each record

2018 lake survey: BUBSTKklr_kr5-1134