Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Jarakabandi Kaval Kelge Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Jarakabande Kaval (T4) village, Bengaluru North taluk

See it on the map
Size
5.88 acresAbout 3.3 football pitches
Rank by size
961st largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Hebbal
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 25% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1926, 1928 to 1954, 1956 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

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

  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1927

    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. 1978

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    See sourceSee source

  6. 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

    See source

  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    25% encroached, dry, 7.88 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

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

    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
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
5.88 acres

About 3.3 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
7.88 acres

About 4.5 football pitches

See source
End to end
224 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
1.5 m
See source
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
Dry
See source

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached by

Eucalyptus plantation and Fence

See source
Taken for

Private

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Where it is encroached

On the north and south side

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Land within 500 m

64% crops, 18% shrubs, 11% trees, 4% built, 3% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Overflows into

Ramagonddanahalli Kere

See source
Catchment
0.6 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

No inlet drains, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Yelahanka Waste Water Treatment Plant

2.9 km away

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What lives here

Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

1 species.

Most seen: giant taro.

Last seen Sep 2024

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Eucalyptus plantation, vacant land & layout

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Jarakabande Kaval (T4)

Yelahanka hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

64

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Height above sea level
912 m
See source
Coordinates

13.1178° N, 77.5500° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
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