Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Katamnalluru Kere

Also called Katamanallur Lake

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

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Size
11.0 acresAbout 6.2 football pitches
Rank by size
709th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
6% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1919, 1921 to 1973 and 1975 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1914 to 2026.

  1. 1914

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1920

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  3. 1974

    On the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 15% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    67% of its water area has since gone dry; 0% is new water

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

    Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry

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  5. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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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

    Muddy, 13.6 acres surveyed

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  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 9% open water
    • 86% floating weed
    • 5% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 13% open water
    • 65% floating weed
    • 22% dry or built
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How big it is

The records disagree on its size, so each measure is shown.

Drawn outline
11.0 acres

About 6.2 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
13.6 acres

About 7.7 football pitches

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End to end
328 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2 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
Muddy
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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°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-2929.27.44773582323.12.6327.70.21670
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
6%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.10 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Dumped in it

Garbage

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Land within 500 m

48% built, 35% crops, 6% trees, 4% grass, 4% shrubs, 4% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

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Campaign pages
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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
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Catchment
1.5 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drin feed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir and 1 sluice gate

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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What lives here

Birds recorded
46 species

Most seen: Indian Pond-Heron, White-throated Kingfisher, Ashy Prinia, Rock Pigeon and Black Kite.

85 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
46 species

85 records, 2017 to 2024

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Photographed on iNaturalist
2 times

1 species.

Most seen: Bush Allamanda.

Last seen Jul 2023

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Vacant land, plantation, settlement, graveyard & factory

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Katamanallur

Bidarahalli hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

56

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Height above sea level
886 m
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Coordinates

13.0482° N, 77.7618° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
305
2018 lake survey
BUBEBDktm_kr2-873
Lake Development Authority
LDA279
KGIS tank map
729
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000005/000041/001