Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Horamavu Kere

ಹೊರಮಾವು ಕೆರೆ

Also called Horamavu Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Hoysala Nagara East ward, Bengaluru East

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Size
14.8 acresAbout 8.4 football pitches
Rank by size
578th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Hebbal
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.8% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 30% encroached.
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1916 to 1926, 1928 to 1954, 1956 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1915 to 2026.

  1. 1915

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1927

    On the survey map

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  3. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  4. 1978

    On the survey map

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  5. 1984-2021

    Held water until 2006

    Water in 2% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 19% is new water

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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

    30% encroached, sewage, 37.4 acres surveyed

    See source

  9. 2024

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

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  10. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 60% open water
    • 17% floating weed
    • 23% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 54% open water
    • 2% floating weed
    • 44% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
14.8 acres

About 8.4 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
37.4 acres

About 21 football pitches

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End to end
491 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
Sewage
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-west

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
2 readings
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Every reading
Show every reading

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-30Inlet23.77.11,6191,0751,04579.20.235284.51.8651,600
2017-11-30Outlet23.77.11,571928132128.90.220849.92.4581,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.8%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
10.0 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Private owners

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Taken for

Houses

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Where it is encroached

On the south side

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Dumped in it

Garbage

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

86% built, 7% trees, 5% crops, 0.8% grass, 0.7% bare ground, 0.6% shrubs

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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Campaign pages
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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Horamavu Agara

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Catchment
1.6 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

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 1 culvert, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board

1.3 km away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
68 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Rock Pigeon, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Common Myna and Black Drongo.

276 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
71 species

280 records, 2017 to 2026

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Threatened species seen here
2
  • Spot-billed Pelican near threatened
  • Red-necked Falcon near threatened
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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, agriculture, vacant land & school

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 5
Hoysala Nagara East

ಹೊಯ್ಸಳ ನಗರ ಪೂರ್ವ

Bengaluru East corporation, K.R. Pura assembly seat

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Village
Horamavu

KR Puram hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

83

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Height above sea level
904 m
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Coordinates

13.0244° N, 77.6673° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
40
2018 lake survey
BUBEKRhrm_kr1-708
Lake Development Authority
LDA209
KGIS tank map
745
Water bodies census
2/12/002/253189/025996/002
City lake monitoring site
173