Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Ketohalli Kere N

Also called Mogi Kere

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

See it on the map
Size
2.45 acresAbout 1.4 football pitches
Rank by size
1218th 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
0.8% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 4% encroached.

Through the years

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

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1904 to 2026.

  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1914

    Not on the survey map

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  3. 1973

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    See sourceSee source

  5. 2012

    Restored

    See source

  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2019

    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

    4% encroached, clean, 4.63 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built 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
    • 93% floating weed
    • 7% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 15% floating weed
    • 85% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
2.45 acres

About 1.4 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
4.63 acres

About 2.6 football pitches

See source
End to end
194 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 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
Clean
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What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture runoff

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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°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2018-02-0926.2167.72792041918.35.97325.070.612.617
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.8%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.89 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 south side

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Other problems noted

As per SSLR Survey report 0.04 3/4 guntas is encroahed by private and 0.26 is encroarched by Govt.

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Land within 500 m

41% crops, 19% built, 18% trees, 12% grass, 10% shrubs

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Doddastadamaradapala Kere

See source
Catchment
0.4 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

3 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and 1 island

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Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation and cattle feeding

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What lives here

Birds recorded
58 species

Most seen: Indian Pond-Heron, Common Myna, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Moorhen and Green Bee-eater.

165 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
58 species

165 records, 2016 to 2023

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Indian Roller near threatened
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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, plantation, nursery & building

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Kethohalli

Tavarekere hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

6

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Height above sea level
810 m
See source
Coordinates

12.9090° N, 77.4003° E

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Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
355
2018 lake survey
BUBSTKkth_kr1-1126