Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Nagareshvara Nagenahalli Kere

ನಾಗೇನಹಳ್ಳಿ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Nagaraesh Nagenahalli Lake

Kere, a large tank, in K Narayanapura ward, Bengaluru East

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Size
5.74 acresAbout 3.3 football pitches
Rank by size
972nd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Hebbal
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
7% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 1% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1926, 1928 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1904 to 2026.

  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1927

    Not on the survey map

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  3. 1978

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 8 of 38 years

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

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 45% is new water

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  5. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare in most years

    About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years

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  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    1% encroached, clean, 11.2 acres surveyed

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  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 97% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 3% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 89% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 11% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
5.74 acres

About 3.3 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
11.2 acres

About 6.3 football pitches

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End to end
255 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2.5 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
Clean
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What pollutes it, 2018

Human defecation

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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°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-302.57.31,23974854.226.40.2327.72.6231,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
7%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
4.33 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Private owners

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Taken for

Apartment & houses

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Where it is encroached

On the north-west and south-east side

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Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

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Land within 500 m

54% built, 19% crops, 18% trees, 6% shrubs, 2% grass, 0.9% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

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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
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
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Overflows into

Kalkere Kere

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Catchment
1.9 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, 1 culvert, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Fishing

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What lives here

Birds recorded
18 species

Most seen: Common Myna, White-breasted Waterhen, Indian Pond-Heron, Purple Sunbird and Rock Pigeon.

18 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
19 species

19 records, 2020 to 2024

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Photographed on iNaturalist
2 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Brahminy Blindsnake.

Last seen Jul 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Fish and birds

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and free floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Apartment, layout, plantation, sheds & houses

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 1
K Narayanapura

ಕೆ ನಾರಾಯಣಪುರ

Bengaluru East corporation, K.R. Pura assembly seat

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Village
Nagaresewara Nagenahalli

KR Puram hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

10

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Height above sea level
911 m
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Coordinates

13.0756° N, 77.6429° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
67
2018 lake survey
BUBEKRngn_kr1-736
Lake Development Authority
LDA381
KGIS tank map
800
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302695/001
City lake monitoring site
171