Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kachamaranahalli Govt. Lake

Also called Hegondanahalli Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Kachamaranahalli village, Bengaluru East taluk

See it on the map

Size

8.65 acresAbout 4.9 football pitches

Rank by size

819th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist

Valley

Koramangala-Challaghatta

Who looks after it

ZPZilla Panchayat

Water quality

Not tested for water quality yet

Built over

0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 40% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1946 to 1955, 1957 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

Water seen by satellite each year, up to 2.04 acres

What covers it each year:waterbuilt on or bareplants or weed

1945

1956

1980

1984

1945
On the survey map
See source
1956
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1980
Not on the survey map
See source
1984-2021
Held water in 20 of 38 years
Water in 3% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024
0% of its water area has since gone dry; 12% is new water
See source See source
2017-2018
In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached
This census's status marks are often wrong
See source
2017-2025
Mostly plants or weed every year
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
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
40% encroached, muddy, 18.0 acres surveyed
See source
2025-2026
Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season
After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025
25% open water
0.8% floating weed
74% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
0.4% 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

8.65 acres

About 4.9 football pitches

2018 lake survey

18.0 acres

About 10 football pitches

End to end

323 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

3 m

Kind of lake

Kere, a large tank

How clean the water is

State pollution board

Not tested by the state board

How it looked in 2018

Muddy

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Encroached area, 2017

2.63 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

Encroached by

Farmers and the public

Taken for

Agriculture land, plantation, vacant land & graveyard

Where it is encroached

On the south-west and south-east side

Dumped in it

Burning waste

Other problems noted

Soil excavation

Land record maps

Survey number 64, Kachamaranahalli

Land within 500 m

49% crops, 30% shrubs, 10% trees, 8% built, 3% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Zilla Panchayat

ZP

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley

Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

Water comes from

Heggondanalli Govt Lake

Overflows into

Catchment

2.5 km²

The land that drains into it

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain

Built parts, 2018 survey

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

Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding and irrigation

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

Around it

Around it in 2018

Plantation, agriculture & vacant land

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru

Outside the city limits

Village

Kachamaranahalli

Varthuru hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

64 (Kachamaranahalli), 47 (Heggondahali, Sarjapura Hobli, Anekal Taluk)

Height above sea level

894 m

Coordinates

12.9080° N, 77.7410° E

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OpenStreetMap

Open it on OpenStreetMap

Its number in each record

ATREE lake map: 179
2018 lake survey: BUBEVRkcm_kr3-558
Lake Development Authority: LDA243
KGIS tank map: 716
Water bodies census: 1/12/002/000005/000050/001