Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Mulluru Kere

ಚಿಕ್ಕಬೇಳಂದೂರು ಕೆರೆ

Also called Chikkabelanduru Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Mallur (Mulluru) village, Bengaluru East taluk

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Size
13.4 acresAbout 7.6 football pitches
Rank by size
615th 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
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1946 to 1954, 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1945 to 2026.

  1. 1945

    On the survey map

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  2. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  3. 1980

    On the survey map

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  4. 1984

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  5. 1984-2021

    Held water in 21 of 38 years

    Water in 6% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 23% is new water

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

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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 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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  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Muddy, 37.6 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

    Part open water, part floating weed after the monsoon; mostly open water in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 43% open water
    • 41% floating weed
    • 16% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 52% open water
    • 8% floating weed
    • 41% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
13.4 acres

About 7.6 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
37.6 acres

About 21 football pitches

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End to end
549 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3.5 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
Muddy
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation

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Land within 500 m

35% trees, 22% built, 20% crops, 17% shrubs, 5% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Chikkabellanduru Kere

See source
Catchment
2.2 km²

The land that drains into it

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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

Cattle feeding and irrigation

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What lives here

Birds recorded
92 species

Most seen: Green Bee-eater, Little Grebe, Eurasian Coot, Brahminy Kite and Western Swamphen.

669 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
123 species

709 records, 2021 to 2026

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Indian Flying Fox near threatened
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Photographed on iNaturalist
162 times

100 species, 129 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Eurasian Coot, Indian Garden Lizard, Gray-headed Swamphen, Eastern Red-rumped Swallow and Chequered Keelback.

Last seen Aug 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, vacant land, plantation & buildings

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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
Mallur (Mulluru)

Varthuru hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

51

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Height above sea level
883 m
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Coordinates

12.9057° N, 77.7137° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
181
2018 lake survey
BUBEVRmlu_kr2-600
Lake Development Authority
LDA366
KGIS tank map
631
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000005/000051/001
City lake monitoring site
193