Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Koramangala Kere

Also called Koramangala kere2

Kere, a large tank, in A Adugodi ward, Bengaluru South

See it on the map

Size

4.32 acresAbout 2.4 football pitches

Rank by size

1057th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist

Valley

Koramangala-Challaghatta

Who looks after it

BDABangalore Development Authority

Water quality

Not tested for water quality yet

Built over

0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 90% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1892 to 1954, 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

No open water seen by satellite, 1984-2021

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

1891

1955

1980

1984

1891
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1955
On the U.S. Army map
Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46
See source
1980
Not on the survey map
See source
1984-2021
No open water seen in any year
Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry
See source See source
2017-2025
Mostly plants or weed every year
Floating weed shows as crops or grass here, not as water
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
90% encroached, polluted, 99.0 acres surveyed
See source
2025-2026
Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season
After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025
0% open water
100% floating weed
0% 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

4.32 acres

About 2.4 football pitches

2018 lake survey

99.0 acres

About 56 football pitches

End to end

204 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

2 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

Polluted

What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage & human defecation

Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-east

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Encroached area, 2017

87.9 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

Encroached by

The public and government agencies

Taken for

Houses, NDRI

Where it is encroached

On the north, south and west side

Dumped in it

Construction debris, garbage dump

Other problems noted

RTC- Sy 36, 5 a is alloted to KSRTC

Land record maps

Survey number 36, Koramangala

Land within 500 m

56% built, 34% trees, 5% crops, 4% shrubs

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley

Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

Water comes from

Lalbagh Kere

Overflows into

Catchment

16.5 km²

The land that drains into it

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

Built parts, 2018 survey

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

Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sewage Treatment Plant

2.2 km away

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent, free floating and rooted floating

Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement & national dairy research Institute

Surveyor's note, 2018

83.30 as per RTC for sy no 36 and 15.12 as per Legislative committee (sy.no.79)

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 24

A Adugodi

ಎ. ಆಡುಗೋಡಿ

Bengaluru South corporation, B.T.M Layout assembly seat

Village

Koramangala

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

36 (Koramangala), 79 (Nilasandra - Kasaba Bengaluru North)

Height above sea level

871 m

Coordinates

12.9485° N, 77.6143° E

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Its number in each record

ATREE lake map: 171
2018 lake survey: BUBSBGkrm_kr3-1472
Lake Development Authority: LDA309