Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Lingadheeranahalli Karabu Katte

Kere, a large tank, in Andrahalli ward, Bengaluru West

See it on the map

Size

2.80 acresAbout 1.6 football pitches

Rank by size

1186th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist

Valley

Arkavathi

Who looks after it

BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

Water quality

Not tested for water quality yet

Built over

2% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1957, 1959 to 1973 and 1975 to 1983.

No open water seen by satellite, 1984-2021

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

1914

1958

1974

1984

1914
Not on the survey map
See source
1958
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1974
Not on the survey map
See source
1984-2021
No open water seen in any year
See source See source
2012
Restored
See source
2017-2018
In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached
This census's status marks are often wrong
See source
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
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
Clean, 4.20 acres surveyed
See source
2024
On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP
See source
2025-2026
Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season
After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025
0% open water
13% floating weed
87% 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

2.80 acres

About 1.6 football pitches

2018 lake survey

4.20 acres

About 2.4 football pitches

End to end

172 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

3 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

Clean

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

2%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Other problems noted

Park

Land within 500 m

83% built, 8% trees, 6% crops, 3% grass, 0.7% shrubs

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley

Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

Overflows into

Handrahalli Kere

Catchment

0.4 km²

The land that drains into it

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, no overflow weirs, 1 sluice gate, 1 culvert, no check dams and 1 island

Used for, 2018 survey

Park maintenance

What lives here

Birds recorded

31 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Blyth's Reed Warbler, White-breasted Waterhen, Indian Pond-Heron and Greater Coucal.

64 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded

31 species

64 records, 2020 to 2024

Photographed on iNaturalist

1 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Black-headed Ibis.

Last seen Aug 2022

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, P & acharya school

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 12

Andrahalli

ಅಂದ್ರಹಳ್ಳಿ

Bengaluru West corporation, Yeshwanthapura assembly seat

Village

Lingadeeranahalli

Yeshwanthpura hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

4

Height above sea level

893 m

Coordinates

13.0028° N, 77.4840° E

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Its number in each record

ATREE lake map: 264
2018 lake survey: BUBNYPlgd_kr1-167
Lake Development Authority: LDA332
KGIS tank map: 1203
Water bodies census: 2/12/002/253189/026043/001