Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Mylasandra Dodda Agrahara Kere

Also called Begur Lake, Begur Lake2

Kere, a large tank, in Chikkathoguru ward, Bengaluru South

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Size
18.0 acresAbout 10 football pitches
Rank by size
497th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
Nobody on record looks after it
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.6% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 0.5% encroached.
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1946 to 1954, 1956 to 1965, 1967 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. 1966

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  4. 1980

    Not on the survey map

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  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 19% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    5% of its water area has since gone dry; 42% 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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  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 water 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

    0.5% encroached, clean, 23.7 acres surveyed

    See source

  9. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon; mostly floating weed in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 81% open water
    • 7% floating weed
    • 12% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 35% open water
    • 51% floating weed
    • 14% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
18.0 acres

About 10 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
23.7 acres

About 13 football pitches

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End to end
487 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/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mLLight transparencycm
2018-02-05Inlet28.576323321647.90.712817.381.612.6350
2018-02-05Outlet24.57.75563781412.37.1162.810.424.51,60022
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.6%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.75 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Private owners and farmers

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Taken for

Layout & agriculture

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Where it is encroached

On the south and west side

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

26% crops, 26% built, 17% trees, 15% grass, 14% shrubs, 2% bare ground, 0.6% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Nobody on record
Campaign pages
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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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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Begur Lake

See source
Catchment
4.2 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain upstream water bod: Begur lake1

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding, washing and bathing

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

STP

1.2 km away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
10 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Gray Heron, Indian Pond-Heron, Greater Coucal and Black Drongo.

10 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
10 species

10 records, all in 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent, submerged and free floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Plantation & vacant land

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 34
Chikkathoguru

ಚಿಕ್ಕ ತೋಗೂರು

Bengaluru South corporation, Bangalore South assembly seat

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Village
Begur

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

52 (Begur), 15 (Mylasandra)

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Height above sea level
907 m
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Coordinates

12.8582° N, 77.6231° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
175
2018 lake survey
BUBSBGbgu_kr6-1409
Lake Development Authority
LDA039
KGIS tank map
1012
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000003/000017/001