Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kengeri 1

ಮೈಲಸಂದ್ರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Gumaiahana Kere, Mylasandra Lake1, Mylasandra Tank

Kere, a large tank, in Kengeri Kote ward ward, Bengaluru West

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Size
10.2 acresAbout 5.8 football pitches
Rank by size
739th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
KFDKarnataka Forest Department
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
2% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 5% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1913, 1915 to 1954, 1956 to 1972 and 1974 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. 1914

    On the survey map

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  3. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  4. 1973

    On the survey map

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  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 5% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    2% of its water area has since gone dry; 20% is new water

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

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  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  7. 2017-2025

    No one cover holds over half of it in most years

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

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  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    5% encroached, dry, 12.7 acres surveyed

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  9. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0.4% open water
    • 38% floating weed
    • 61% 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
10.2 acres

About 5.8 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
12.7 acres

About 7.2 football pitches

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End to end
420 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
Dry
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What pollutes it, 2018

Road runoff

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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
2%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.68 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Government agencies

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Taken for

Road

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Where it is encroached

On the west side

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Land within 500 m

49% trees, 27% built, 8% shrubs, 8% crops, 5% grass, 2% water, 0.9% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Karnataka Forest Department

KFD

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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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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

No inlet drains, no overflow weirs, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Vrishabhavathi Valley 180MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

778 m away, treats 180 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
62 species

Most seen: Little Cormorant, Indian Peafowl, Indian Pond-Heron, Brahminy Kite and Little Grebe.

356 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
79 species

374 records, 2016 to 2025

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Photographed on iNaturalist
53 times

24 species, 22 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Common Fruit-piercing Moth, Arjun tree, Earpod Wattle, Indian Spot-billed Duck and Giant Honey Bee.

Last seen Aug 2025

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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

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Apartment, vacant land, buildings, forest & sawan durbar ashram

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 20
Kengeri Kote ward

ಕೆಂಗೇರಿ ಕೋಟೆ ವಾರ್ಡ್

Bengaluru West corporation, Yeshwanthapura assembly seat

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Village
Kengeri

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

58 (Kasaba Kengeri), 37 (Mylasandra)

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Height above sea level
800 m
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Coordinates

12.9081° N, 77.4929° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
336
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGkng_kr3-1222
KGIS tank map
1161
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302870/005