Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Gunjuruplaya Kere

ಗುಂಜೂರುಪಾಳ್ಯ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Gunjur kere, Gunjur kere-2, Gunjuru Palya Lake

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

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Size
34.7 acresAbout 20 football pitches
Rank by size
259th 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
0.9% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1944, 1946 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. 1945

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  4. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water in 23 of 38 years

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

    17% of its water area has since gone dry; 8% is new water

    Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry

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  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  7. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed in most years

    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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  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Polluted, 36.7 acres surveyed

    See source

  9. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 19% open water
    • 63% floating weed
    • 18% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 15% open water
    • 73% floating weed
    • 12% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
34.7 acres

About 20 football pitches

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Land records
36.7 acres

About 21 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
36.7 acres

About 21 football pitches

See source
End to end
638 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
Polluted
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage & solid waste

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-east

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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.9%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Dumped in it

Garbage, construction debris & agriculture waste

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Land record maps
See source
Land within 500 m

27% crops, 26% shrubs, 21% built, 19% trees, 5% grass, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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City work on the lake
To be developed
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City zone
Mahadevapura
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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
15 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 2 culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Bellandur Amani 90MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

2.4 km away, treats 90 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
77 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Greater Coucal, Large-billed Crow, Indian Pond-Heron and Asian Koel.

315 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
77 species

315 records, 2016 to 2026

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Indian Roller near threatened
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Photographed on iNaturalist
29 times

26 species, 28 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Little Cormorant, Painted Stork, Indian Spot-billed Duck, Oriental Darter and Eastern Cattle-Egret.

Last seen Sep 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, vacant land, plantation, house & apartment

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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

83

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Height above sea level
874 m
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Coordinates

12.9190° N, 77.7214° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
123
2018 lake survey
BUBEVRguj_kr5-543
Lake Development Authority
LDA180
KGIS tank map
713
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302821/002