Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Mestripalya Lake

Also called Jakkasandra lake

Kere, a large tank, in Kormangala East ward, Bengaluru South

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Size
6.17 acresAbout 3.5 football pitches
Rank by size
945th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
4% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 10% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1944, 1946 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1903 to 2026.

  1. 1903

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1945

    On the survey map

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  3. 1980

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    Water in 0.3% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry

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  5. 2013

    Restored

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  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  7. 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

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  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    10% encroached, clean, 11.5 acres surveyed

    See source

  9. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP

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  10. 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
    • 72% floating weed
    • 29% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
6.17 acres

About 3.5 football pitches

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Land records
9.45 acres

About 5.4 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
11.5 acres

About 6.5 football pitches

See source
End to end
271 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
Clean
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
4%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.75 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Government agencies

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Taken for

Buildings

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Where it is encroached

On the west side

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

76% built, 23% trees, 0.5% crops

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
City work on the lake
To be developed
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City zone
South
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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
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Bellandur Lake

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Catchment
0.5 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, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and 4 islands

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Agaram 35MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

2.4 km away, treats 35 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
23 species

Most seen: Large-billed Crow, White-throated Kingfisher, Great Egret, Purple-rumped Sunbird and Black Kite.

32 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
47 species

61 records, 2016 to 2026

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Photographed on iNaturalist
117 times

70 species, 80 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Indian banyan, White-throated Kingfisher, Mile-a-minute vine, Common Mormon Swallowtail and Santa Maria feverfew.

Last seen Aug 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Emerg

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Gr.on Bank

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, vacant land & graveyard

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 28
Kormangala East

ಕೋರಮಂಗಲ ಪೂರ್ವ

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

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Village
Jakkasandra

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

30

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Height above sea level
894 m
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Coordinates

12.9322° N, 77.6260° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
168
2018 lake survey
BUBSBGjks_kr1-1451
Lake Development Authority
LDA229
KGIS tank map
951
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302823/001
City lake monitoring site
38