Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kitthaganuru Kere

Also called Kithaganuru Kere

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

See it on the map
Size
17.0 acresAbout 9.6 football pitches
Rank by size
520th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Hebbal
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
3% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 4% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1921 to 1926, 1928 to 1954, 1956 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1920 to 2026.

  1. 1920

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1927

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  4. 1978

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 17% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 38% 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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  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  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

    See source

  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    4% encroached, muddy, 25.7 acres surveyed

    See source

  9. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; mostly open water in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 7% open water
    • 87% floating weed
    • 6% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 90% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 10% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
17.0 acres

About 9.6 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
25.7 acres

About 15 football pitches

See source
End to end
441 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
See source

How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Muddy
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Road runoff

See source
Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
See source
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
2017-11-2827.3187.6427300810.40.2327.70.1934
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
3%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Encroached area, 2017
3.83 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Encroached by

Government agencies

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Taken for

Road

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Where it is encroached

On the north-west and south-west side

See source
Dumped in it

Garbage, construction debris, ash & stone dump

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation

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Land within 500 m

67% built, 15% crops, 8% trees, 5% shrubs, 3% grass, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Overflows into

Yellamallappashetti Kere

See source
Catchment
1.9 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drin feed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

3 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, 2 sluice gates and 1 culvert

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

Yelemallappa Chetti 15MLD Sewage Treatment Planet

1.9 km away, treats 15 million litres a day

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
63 species

Most seen: Rose-ringed Parakeet, Indian Pond-Heron, Common Myna, Eurasian Coot and Rock Pigeon.

321 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
63 species

321 records, 2020 to 2024

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Red-necked Falcon near threatened
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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Fish

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Submerged and free floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, vacant land, layout & brick factory

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Kithaganuru

Bidarahalli hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

90

See source
Height above sea level
879 m
See source
Coordinates

13.0349° N, 77.7097° E

See source

Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
24
2018 lake survey
BUBEBDktg_kr1-875
Lake Development Authority
LDA293
KGIS tank map
678
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000005/000014/001