Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Lakkenahalli Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Lakkenahalli (K.G.Lakkenahalli) village, Bengaluru North taluk

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Size
9.23 acresAbout 5.2 football pitches
Rank by size
789th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Arkavathi
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 10% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1909 to 1913, 1915 to 1973 and 1975 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1908 to 2026.

  1. 1908

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1914

    Not on the survey map

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  3. 1974

    On the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water until 2018

    Water in 7% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    27% of its water area has since gone dry; 0% 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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  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed in most years

    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

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  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    10% encroached, clean, 15.4 acres surveyed

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  7. 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
    • 66% floating weed
    • 34% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 10% floating weed
    • 90% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
9.23 acres

About 5.2 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
15.4 acres

About 8.7 football pitches

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End to end
331 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 m
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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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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
2 readings
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Every reading
Show every reading

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mLLight transparencycmTotal phosphate
2017-11-23Inlet26.37.41,8891,4004053.51.66415.4351,600
2017-11-23Outlet266.31,7721,4262615.90.86415.4281,60050.3
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
3.98 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Farmers

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Taken for

Agriculture & eucalyptus

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Where it is encroached

On the east side

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

32% shrubs, 29% crops, 26% trees, 9% built, 4% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Machohalli Chikkere

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Catchment
10.5 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, 1 culvert and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation, fishing and cattle feeding

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What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Fish and birds

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, settlement, layout, plantation, school

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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
Lakkenahalli (K.G.Lakkenahalli)

Dasanapura hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

33 (Lakkenahalli), 32 (Bailakonnenahalli), 78, 115 (Gangondanahalli)

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Height above sea level
858 m
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Coordinates

13.0165° N, 77.4617° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
308
2018 lake survey
BUBNDPlkn_kr3-489
Lake Development Authority
LDA326
KGIS tank map
1187