Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kambhipura Govt. Karabu Kere-1

Also called Anchepalya Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Kambipura village, Bengaluru South taluk

See it on the map
Size
1.25 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1357th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
13% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 8% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1891 to 1913 and 1915 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1890 to 2026.

  1. 1890

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1914

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough

    See sourceSee source

  4. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  5. 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

    See source

  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    8% encroached, polluted, 3.45 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    The lake is small for these images, so treat the shares as rough

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 92% floating weed
    • 8% 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
1.25 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
2018 lake survey
3.45 acres

About 2 football pitches

See source
End to end
97 m

The longest straight line across the outline

See source
Deepest point, 2018
2 m
See source
Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
See source

How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Polluted
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

See source
Sewage flows in, 2018

From the east and north-west

See source

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
13%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Encroached area, 2017
0.38 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Encroached by

Private owners and government agencies

See source
Taken for

Sand storage, compund wall & road

See source
Where it is encroached

On the south-east, east and north side

See source
Dumped in it

Garbage, plastic & burning of waste

See source
Land within 500 m

47% built, 21% trees, 13% crops, 13% shrubs, 5% grass, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Catchment
0.2 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain

See source
Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, 1 culvert, no check dams and no islands

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

STP-6

981 m away

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
45 species

Most seen: Jungle Myna, Common Myna, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Iora and White-breasted Waterhen.

46 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
48 species

49 records, 2016 to 2025

See source
Threatened species seen here
1
  • Indian Roller near threatened
See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
4 times

4 species, 3 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Russell's Viper, Chequered Keelback, Indian Cobra and Little Grebe.

Last seen Jun 2025

See source
Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, 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
Kambipura

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

44

See source
Height above sea level
779 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8903° N, 77.4580° E

See source

Read more

OpenStreetMap
See source
Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
469
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGkmp_kr1-1198
KGIS tank map
1230
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000003/000001/001