Lakes of Bendakaluru
No outline on record
Only this point is known

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Narasapana Kere

Also called Varahasandra lake

Kere, a large tank, in Kengeri Kote ward ward, Bengaluru West

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Size in the 2018 survey
17.5 acresAbout 9.9 football pitches
Rank by size
504th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
40% encroached2018 survey

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1954, 1956 to 1965, 1967 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1914 to 2026.

  1. 1914

    On the survey map

    See source

  2. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  3. 1966

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  4. 1973

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 14% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    1% of its water area has since gone dry; 11% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  6. 2017-2025

    No one cover holds over half of it in most years

    The lake is known only as a point or is under a quarter acre, so the shares are rough

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

    See source

  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    40% encroached, clean, 17.5 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed 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

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

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

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

How big it is

Land records
17.5 acres

About 9.9 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
17.5 acres

About 9.9 football pitches

See source
Deepest point, 2018
3 m
See source
Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
See source

How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Clean
See source
Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
See source
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/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2018-02-0626.2198.982756812.66.5315.65.021.512.61,600
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How much is built over

Encroached area, 2017
3.95 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Encroached by

NICE

See source
Taken for

NICE road

See source
Where it is encroached

On the north-east and south-east side

See source
Other problems noted

Borwell, Idol immersion & As per RTC, KIADB leased to NICEL for 40 yrs

See source
Land within 500 m

35% crops, 24% built, 22% shrubs, 11% trees, 8% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
City work on the lake
To be developed
See source
City zone
Rajarajeshwari Nagar
See source
City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Overflows into

Varahasandra Kunte2

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

See source
Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, 1 culvert, no check dams and no islands

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

Hemmigepura 13 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

1.1 km away, treats 13 million litres a day

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
96 species

Most seen: Eurasian Coot, Black Kite, Little Cormorant, Ashy Prinia and Red-wattled Lapwing.

676 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
96 species

676 records, 2007 to 2024

See source
Threatened species seen here
1
  • River Tern vulnerable
See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Rose-ringed Parakeet.

Last seen Jul 2021

See source
Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

See source
Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and submerged

See source
Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, vacant land & niceraod

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 20
Kengeri Kote ward

ಕೆಂಗೇರಿ ಕೋಟೆ ವಾರ್ಡ್

Bengaluru West corporation, Yeshwanthapura assembly seat

See source
Village
Varahasandra

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

24 (Varahasandra), 4 (Hemmigepura)

See source
Height above sea level
803 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8812° N, 77.4918° E

See source

Read more

Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGvrs_kr1-1309
City lake monitoring site
104