Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Jimkenahalli Kere

Also called JinkeTimmasandra Kere

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

See it on the map
Size
6.11 acresAbout 3.5 football pitches
Rank by size
950th 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
11% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1932, 1934 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1927 to 2026.

  1. 1927

    On the survey map

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  2. 1933

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  3. 1978

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 24 of 38 years

    Water in 7% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 32% is new water

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  5. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

    About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years

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  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Polluted, 8.60 acres surveyed

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  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 91% open water
    • 0.7% floating weed
    • 9% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 49% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 51% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
6.11 acres

About 3.5 football pitches

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Land records
8.88 acres

About 5 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
8.60 acres

About 4.9 football pitches

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End to end
270 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
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south

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Older tests
1 readings

From 2011

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

Older tests

DateWhereReadingChloridePhosphateSuspended solidsmg/LCODmg/LNitratemg/L as NTotal hardnessFluoridepHZincManganeseSource
2011Jimkenahalli Kere, Inlet1290.0132404.291440.418.490.130.23See source

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-2824.31571,1621,01418390.2327.71.5371,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
11%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.13 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Dumped in it

Garbage dump

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

87% built, 7% crops, 3% grass, 2% trees, 0.6% 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

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City work on the lake
To be developed
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City zone
Mahadevapura
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City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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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

Rampura Kere

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Catchment
1 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drin fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, no overflow weirs, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Fishing, cattle feeding and religious activity

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

KR Puram Phase I 20MLD Sewage Treatment Planet

1.3 km away, treats 20 million litres a day

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What lives here

All wildlife recorded
1 species

1 records, all in 2025

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Photographed on iNaturalist
4 times

3 species, 3 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Mysore Round-eyed Gecko, Dot-underwing Moth and Chequered Keelback.

Last seen May 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and free floating

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture land & settlement

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Photos

Jimkenahalli Kere, photographed in 2014
Suresh.vinay / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2014

Where it is

Ward 28
Byrathi

ಬೈರತಿ

Bengaluru East corporation, Mahadevapura assembly seat

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Village
Varanasi

Bidarahalli hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

47

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Height above sea level
826 m
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Coordinates

13.0267° N, 77.6870° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
42
2018 lake survey
BUBEBDvrn_kr3-907
Lake Development Authority
LDA237
KGIS tank map
683
Water bodies census
2/12/002/253189/026025/001
City lake monitoring site
191