Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Krishnarajapura Karabu Katte

Also called Krishnarajapura kere

Kere, a large tank, in Krishnarajapura village, Bengaluru North taluk

See it on the map
Size
1.63 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1299th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1956 and 1958 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1927 to 2026.

  1. 1927

    On the survey map

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  2. 1957

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough

    See sourceSee source

  4. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  5. 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

  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Dry, 3.17 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 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
    • 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
1.63 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
2018 lake survey
3.17 acres

About 1.8 football pitches

See source
End to end
158 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
1.2 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
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
2017-11-2427.8872952742233.76.64811.50.23170
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land within 500 m

35% trees, 32% shrubs, 22% crops, 6% grass, 5% built

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

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Where its water comes from and goes

Overflows into

Mylappanahalli Kere 2

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation

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What lives here

Photographed on iNaturalist
2 times

Last seen Jan 2025

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Plantation & vacant land

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Krishnarajapura

Hesaraghatta hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

1

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Height above sea level
906 m
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Coordinates

13.1402° N, 77.5443° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNHGkrp_kr2-404
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000002/000074/001