Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kajarakanahalli Lake

ಕಾಚರಕನಹಳ್ಳಿ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Kacharakanahalli kere, Kacharakanahalli Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Lingarajpura ward, Bengaluru North

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Size
14.8 acresAbout 8.4 football pitches
Rank by size
581st 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
9% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1939, 1941 to 1954, 1956 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. 1940

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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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

    No open water seen in any year

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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

    Dry, 51.6 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2024

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

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  9. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 20% open water
    • 13% floating weed
    • 66% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0.2% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% 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
51.6 acres

About 29 football pitches

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End to end
495 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
1 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
Dry
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
9%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land within 500 m

86% built, 9% trees, 2% crops, 1% bare ground, 1% grass, 1% 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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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Kalkere Kere

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Catchment
3.7 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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What lives here

Birds recorded
1 species

Most seen: Black Drongo.

1 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
16 species

18 records, 2021 to 2023

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Photographed on iNaturalist
81 times

22 species, 19 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Signature Spider, Tropical Leatherleaf Slug, Red House Spider, Asian Honey Bee and Pioneer White.

Last seen Jul 2023

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, shed, temple & Godown

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 29
Lingarajpura

ಲಿಂಗರಾಜಪುರ

Bengaluru North corporation, Sarvagnanagar assembly seat

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Village
Kacharakanahalli

Kasaba hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

153

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Height above sea level
899 m
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Coordinates

13.0179° N, 77.6259° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNBKkjk_kr2-41