Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Gramadakere

ಗುಂಜೂರು ಕೆರೆ

Also called Gunjur kere, Gunjur Kere-1, Gunjuru Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Gunjur ward, Bengaluru East

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Size
51.5 acresAbout 29 football pitches
Rank by size
170th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.1% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 0.0% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1954, 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

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

  1. 1903

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  3. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 4% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    30% of its water area has since gone dry; 3% is new water

    4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake

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  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed every year

    Floating weed shows as crops or grass here, not as water

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

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  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    0.0% encroached, muddy, 66.0 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP

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  8. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 1% open water
    • 0.4% floating weed
    • 98% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0.2% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
51.5 acres

About 29 football pitches

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Land records
59.3 acres

About 34 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
66.0 acres

About 37 football pitches

See source
End to end
728 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
Muddy
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture runoff

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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.1%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
3.63 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

The public

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Taken for

Temple

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Where it is encroached

On the north-west side

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Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation & Borewells, as per RTC-74/1 is in individual name

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

42% crops, 24% shrubs, 20% built, 9% trees, 5% grass, 0.6% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
City work on the lake
To be developed
See source
City zone
Mahadevapura
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
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Varthur Lake

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Catchment
6.2 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

4 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 4 culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation and cattle feeding

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What lives here

Birds recorded
71 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Rock Pigeon, Green Bee-eater, Black Kite and Pied Bushchat.

463 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
72 species

464 records, 2016 to 2025

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Photographed on iNaturalist
24 times

19 species, 23 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Indian Spot-billed Duck, Pied Kingfisher, Indian Silverbill, White-throated Kingfisher and Oriental Darter.

Last seen Jan 2025

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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

Agriculture, vacant land, plantation, temple & houses

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 50
Gunjur

ಗುಂಜೂರು

Bengaluru East corporation, Mahadevapura assembly seat

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Village
Gunjuru

Varthuru hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

301 (Gunjur), 74 (Kachamaranahalli)

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Height above sea level
877 m
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Coordinates

12.9168° N, 77.7401° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
174
2018 lake survey
BUBEVRguj_kr4-542
Lake Development Authority
LDA179
KGIS tank map
709
City lake monitoring site
188