Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Konashetty Kere

Also called Lingadeeranahalli Lake, Lingadeeranahalli Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Talagattapura ward, Bengaluru South

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Size
10.2 acresAbout 5.8 football pitches
Rank by size
741st largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
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 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1980 to 2026.

  1. 1980

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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  3. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  4. 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

    See source

  5. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    1% encroached, dry, 5.55 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP

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  7. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 2% floating weed
    • 98% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built
    See source

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
5.55 acres

About 3.1 football pitches

See source
End to end
291 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
Dry
See source
Older tests
1 readings

From 2011

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Every reading
Show every reading

Older tests

DateWhereReadingChloridePhosphateSuspended solidsmg/LDissolved oxygenmg/LNitratemg/L as NTotal hardnessFluoridepHZincManganeseSource
2011Lingadeeranahalli kere, Inlet16.80.220.84.45.021720.327.510.060.45See source

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

Government agencies

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Taken for

Road

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Where it is encroached

On the north side

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Other problems noted

Plantation inside lake

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Land within 500 m

34% shrubs, 29% built, 17% crops, 12% grass, 8% trees

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Agara Kere

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Catchment
0.6 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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What lives here

Birds recorded
87 species

Most seen: Ashy Prinia, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Red-wattled Lapwing, Indian Pond-Heron and Black Kite.

558 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
93 species

566 records, 2018 to 2024

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Photographed on iNaturalist
74 times

42 species, 46 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Indian Robin, Long-tailed Shrike, Common Sailer, Indian Golden Oriole and Ashy Prinia.

Last seen Apr 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Layout, graveyard, plantation, vacant land & temple

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 52
Talagattapura

ತಲಘಟ್ಟಪುರ

Bengaluru South corporation, Yeshwanthapura assembly seat

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Village
Lingadheeranahalli

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

13

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Height above sea level
852 m
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Coordinates

12.8716° N, 77.5140° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
512
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGlgd_kr1-1258
KGIS tank map
1181
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302870/007
City lake monitoring site
111