Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Karabu Kere

ಹುಣಸಮಾರನಹಳ್ಳಿ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Hunasemaranahalli kere, Hunasemaranahalli Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Hunasemaranahalli village, Bengaluru North taluk

See it on the map
Size
22.1 acresAbout 13 football pitches
Rank by size
409th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.9% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 10% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1954, 1958 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

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

  1. 1927

    On the survey map

    See source

  2. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  3. 1957

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  4. 1978

    On the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 22% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    9% of its water area has since gone dry; 25% is new water

    4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake

    See sourceSee source

  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly water in most years

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

    See source

  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    10% encroached, muddy, 22.6 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 82% open water
    • 15% floating weed
    • 3% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 78% open water
    • 2% floating weed
    • 20% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

Drawn outline
22.1 acres

About 13 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
22.6 acres

About 13 football pitches

See source
End to end
581 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
4.6 m
See source
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
Muddy
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture & road runoff

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

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
2017-11-1424.9227.3383330448.94.611226.90.1141,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.9%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
3.08 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

NH Authority and farmers

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Taken for

NH & agriculture

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Where it is encroached

On the east, west and north-west side

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Dumped in it

Construction debris & mud heap

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation, RTC-0.32 a-g of land is acquired by NHAI for NH7 High way

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Land within 500 m

37% built, 28% crops, 13% grass, 11% shrubs, 11% trees, 1% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Kodatti Kere

See source
Catchment
1.2 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation, fishing, cattle feeding and washing

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What lives here

Birds recorded
38 species

Most seen: Rock Pigeon, Brahminy Kite, Little Grebe, Common Myna and Purple Heron.

75 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
38 species

75 records, 2019 to 2023

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Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: White-throated Kingfisher.

Last seen Nov 2021

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Fish, birds and molluscs

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Air force, NH, plantation & warehouse

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Hunasemaranahalli

Jala hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

185

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Height above sea level
922 m
See source
Coordinates

13.1397° N, 77.6162° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
185
2018 lake survey
BUBNJLhsm_kr2-349
Lake Development Authority
LDA221
KGIS tank map
930