Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kenchinahalli Kere

ಕೆಂಚನಹಳ್ಳಿ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Kenchanahalli Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Rajarajeshwari Nagara ward, Bengaluru West

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Size
1.92 acresAbout 1.1 football pitches
Rank by size
1265th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 1% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1944 and 1946 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1903 to 2026.

  1. 1903

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1945

    On the survey map

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  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

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  4. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  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

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  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    1% encroached, polluted, 4.75 acres surveyed

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  7. 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
    • 30% floating weed
    • 70% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% 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
1.92 acres

About 1.1 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
4.75 acres

About 2.7 football pitches

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End to end
190 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 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
Polluted
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south-west

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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
2018-02-0926.271,20672476800.19482.961.226.61,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.05 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Farmers

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Taken for

Agriculture

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Where it is encroached

On the east side

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Dumped in it

Garbage

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Land within 500 m

67% built, 24% trees, 6% crops, 1% shrubs, 0.8% grass, 0.6% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
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Overflows into

Vrishabhavathi river

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Catchment
3.7 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, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Vrishabhavathi Valley 150MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

1.7 km away, treats 150 million litres a day

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What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and free floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Vacant land, plantation, settlement & shed

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 23
Rajarajeshwari Nagara

ರಾಜರಾಜೇಶ್ವರಿ ನಗರ

Bengaluru West corporation, Rajarajeshwarinagar assembly seat

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Village
Kenchanahalli

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

33 (Kenchinahalli), 43 (Pattnagere)

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Height above sea level
810 m
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Coordinates

12.9260° N, 77.5086° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
488
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGknc_kr1-1214
KGIS tank map
1158
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302832/003