Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kambipura Kunte1

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

See it on the map

Size

1.32 acresSmaller than a football pitch

Rank by size

1346th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist

Valley

No valley on record

Who looks after it

BDABangalore Development Authority

Water quality

Not tested for water quality yet

Built over

7% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

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

No open water seen by satellite, 1984-2021

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

1890

1914

1984

1890
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1914
Not on the survey map
See source
1984-2021
No open water seen in any year
The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough
See source See source
2017-2025
Mostly built on or bare from 2023
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
Polluted, 3.67 acres surveyed
See source
2025-2026
Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and 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
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

1.32 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

2018 lake survey

3.67 acres

About 2.1 football pitches

End to end

100 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

2 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

Polluted

What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage & human defecation

Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south-east

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18

1 readings

Every reading

Show every reading

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

Date	Where	Water temperature°C	Light transparencycm	pH	ConductivityµS/cm	Dissolved solidsmg/L	Suspended solidsmg/L	TurbidityNTU	Dissolved oxygenmg/L	CODmg/L	BODmg/L	Total phosphate	Kjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as N	Total coliformMPN/100mL
2018-02-09		30.4	15	8.1	1,398	942	16	9.7	6.53	64	6.37	2.2	28	1,600

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

7%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Dumped in it

Construction debris

Land within 500 m

29% shrubs, 24% built, 20% crops, 18% trees, 8% grass, 1% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

Where its water comes from and goes

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

Built parts, 2018 survey

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

Nearest sewage treatment plant

Doddabele 40MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

1.5 km away, treats 40 million litres a day

What lives here

Birds recorded

25 species

Most seen: Oriental Magpie-Robin, Indian Peafowl, Common Myna, Greater Coucal and Rock Pigeon.

28 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded

25 species

28 records, 2020 to 2024

Photographed on iNaturalist

1 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Oriental Magpie-Robin.

Last seen Aug 2020

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

Around it

Around it in 2018

College, sheds & vacant land

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru

Outside the city limits

Village

Kambipura

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

205

Height above sea level

788 m

Coordinates

12.8908° N, 77.4642° E

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Its number in each record

2018 lake survey: BUBSKGkmp_kr2-1199
KGIS tank map: 1231