Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Ketohalli Kere

Also called Chikkagowodana Kere

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

See it on the map

Size

4.22 acresAbout 2.4 football pitches

Rank by size

1063rd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist

Valley

Vrishabhavathi

Who looks after it

ZPZilla Panchayat

Water quality

Not tested for water quality yet

Built over

0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 2% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1913, 1915 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

Water seen by satellite each year, up to 1.48 acres. Grey: years it saw under half the lake

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

1904

1914

1973

1984

1904
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1914
Not on the survey map
See source
1973
Not on the survey map
See source
1984-2021
Held water most years
Water in 12% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024
0% of its water area has since gone dry; 41% is new water
4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake
See source See source
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
See source
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
2% encroached, muddy, 5.30 acres surveyed
See source
2025-2026
Mostly open water after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season
After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025
78% open water
6% floating weed
16% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
27% open water
0% floating weed
73% dry or built
See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline

4.22 acres

About 2.4 football pitches

2018 lake survey

5.30 acres

About 3 football pitches

End to end

180 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

3 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

Muddy

What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture runoff

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Encroached area, 2017

0.25 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

Encroached by

Farmers

Taken for

Agriculture

Where it is encroached

On the north-west side

Other problems noted

As per SSLR Survey report 10 guntas is encroahed by private with Soil Excavation

Land within 500 m

40% crops, 24% grass, 12% built, 12% shrubs, 8% trees, 4% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Zilla Panchayat

ZP

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley

Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

Water comes from

Ketohalli Kere S

Overflows into

Catchment

1 km²

The land that drains into it

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

Built parts, 2018 survey

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

Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

What lives here

Birds recorded

79 species

Most seen: Rock Pigeon, Ashy Prinia, Pied Bushchat, Red-wattled Lapwing and Common Myna.

303 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded

79 species

303 records, 2023 to 2024

Threatened species seen here

2

Indian Roller near threatened
Woolly-necked Stork near threatened

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, vacant land & layout

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru

Outside the city limits

Village

Kethohalli

Tavarekere hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

28

Height above sea level

810 m

Coordinates

12.9040° N, 77.4039° E

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OpenStreetMap

Open it on OpenStreetMap

Its number in each record

ATREE lake map: 353
2018 lake survey: BUBSTKkth_kr2-1127
KGIS tank map: 131