Lakes of Bendakaluru
On the site now
Slum area, Metro, railway area, buildings & temple

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Hanumanthapura Kere

Also called Jakkarayana kere

Kere, a large tank, in Swatantra Palya Ward ward, Bengaluru Central

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Size in the 2018 survey
18.9 acresAbout 11 football pitches
Rank by size
DisappearedGone by 2016
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
No survey of building on record

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1904 to 2026.
  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

  4. 2016

    Gone by 2016, says the 2018 lake survey

    18.9 acres surveyed

  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

    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

  6. 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

How big it is

2018 lake survey
18.9 acres

About 11 football pitches

Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank

What took its place

On the site now
Slum area, Metro, railway area, buildings & temple
Filled in by

The public and government agencies

Around it in 2018

Urban, Metro stat., mantri square & buildings

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Land within 500 m

86% built, 13% trees, 0.5% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

Where its water comes from and goes

Where its water comes from and goes is not on record.

What lives here

Birds recorded
21 species

Most seen: House Crow, Black Kite, White-cheeked Barbet, Common Myna and Indian Pond-Heron.

83 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
21 species

83 records, 2015 to 2024

Photographed on iNaturalist
3 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Sea Almond.

Last seen Jul 2026

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 62
Swatantra Palya Ward

ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ಪಾಳ್ಯ ವಾರ್ಡ್

Bengaluru Central corporation, Gandhinagara assembly seat

Village
Hanumanthapura

Kasaba hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

56

Height above sea level
886 m
Coordinates

12.9893° N, 77.5711° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNBKhnm_kr1-33