Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
Hennur Lake
Kere, a large tank, in HBR Layout ward, Bengaluru North
See the lakes that disappearedThrough the years
Nothing on record for 1904 to 1926, 1928 to 1954, 1956 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.
1903
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
1927
On the survey map
1955
On the U.S. Army map
Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46
1978
On the survey map
1984-2021
No open water seen in any year
The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough
2015
Gone by 2015, says the 2018 lake survey
76.6 acres surveyed
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
2025-2026
Mostly floating weed 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
- 100% floating weed
- 0% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
- 0% open water
- 100% floating weed
- 0% dry or built
How big it is
What took its place
How clean the water is
Not tested for water quality yet.
How much is built over
89% built, 7% trees, 1% crops, 0.9% shrubs, 0.8% bare ground, 0.5% grass
From satellite land cover, 2021
Who looks after it
Where its water comes from and goes
Sewage Treatment Plant
2.2 km away, treats 40 million litres a day
What lives here
Most seen: Black Kite, Rock Pigeon, Indian Pond-Heron, Brahminy Kite and Asian Koel.
744 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers
55 species, 36 confirmed by other naturalists.
Most seen: Brown Droptail Ant, Mysore Round-eyed Gecko, Rubber plantation litter beetle, Riptortus pedestris and Downy Pennant Ant.
Last seen May 2026
Photos
No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.
Where it is
ಎಚ್.ಬಿ.ಆರ್. ಲೇಔಟ್
Bengaluru North corporation, Sarvagnanagar assembly seat
Read more
- 2018 lake survey
- BUBNBKhnr_kr3-37