Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Medi Agrahara Kere

Also called Guniagrahara Kere 1, Talekere

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

See it on the map
Size
2.06 acresAbout 1.2 football pitches
Rank by size
1244th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Arkavathi
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 2% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1956, 1958 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

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

  1. 1927

    On the survey map

    See source

  2. 1957

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  3. 1978

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 23 of 38 years

    Water in 10% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 18% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  5. 2017-2025

    No one cover holds over half of it in most years

    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

    2% encroached, muddy and sewage, 18.6 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water 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

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

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 10% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 90% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
2.06 acres

About 1.2 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
18.6 acres

About 11 football pitches

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End to end
173 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
Muddy and sewage
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage & agriculture runoff

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south-west

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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/LKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-2429.2146.720316626614.84.2163.8750
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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
0.40 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

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Where it is encroached

On the north-east side

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Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

35% crops, 26% built, 22% trees, 11% shrubs, 5% grass, 0.5% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

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
Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Tubinkere

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Catchment
0.6 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

3 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Chikkabanavara 5MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

2.3 km away, treats 5 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
40 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Indian Pond-Heron, Little Egret, Black Kite and Asian Openbill.

70 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
40 species

70 records, 2014 to 2023

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies and dragonflies

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, plantation & settlement

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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
Guniagrahara

Hesaraghatta hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

16

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Height above sea level
886 m
See source
Coordinates

13.0992° N, 77.5270° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
314
2018 lake survey
BUBNHGgna_kr1-378
Lake Development Authority
LDA362
KGIS tank map
1142
City lake monitoring site
80