Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Narasipura Lake-2

ವಿದ್ಯಾರಣ್ಯಪುರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Vidyaranyapura Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Singapura ward, Bengaluru North

See it on the map
Size
4.71 acresAbout 2.7 football pitches
Rank by size
1039th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Hebbal
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 2% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1927 to 2026.

  1. 1927

    On the survey map

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  2. 1978

    On the survey map

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  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

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  4. 2000

    Restored

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  5. 2013

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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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

    2% encroached, polluted, 9.18 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

    • 51% open water
    • 39% floating weed
    • 10% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 36% open water
    • 52% floating weed
    • 12% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
4.71 acres

About 2.7 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
9.18 acres

About 5.2 football pitches

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End to end
222 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2 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
Polluted
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north and west

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Older tests
2 readings

From 2011

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
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Every reading
Show every reading

Older tests

DateWhereReadingChloridePhosphateSuspended solidsmg/LDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LNitratemg/L as NTotal hardnessFluoridepHZincCopperManganeseE coliTotal coliformMPN/100mLSource
2011Vidyaranyapura Lake 1, Inlet1010.225.54.875.527.312040.278.050.250.010.171,6001,600See source
2011Vidyaranyapura Lake 2, Outlet81.20.26375.524.412040.257.830.060.010.13See source

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
2017-11-2824.87.19305005356850.8327.70.42870
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
2.48 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

The public

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Taken for

Temple, buildings

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Where it is encroached

On the north-east side

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Land within 500 m

69% built, 24% trees, 4% bare ground, 2% grass, 1% crops

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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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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Overflows into

Narasipura Lake-1

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Catchment
1.2 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

2 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 2 culverts, no check dams and 1 island

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Vidyaranyapura Sewage Treatment Plant

446 m away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
20 species

Most seen: White-breasted Waterhen, Western Swamphen, Pale-billed Flowerpecker, Eurasian Moorhen and Rose-ringed Parakeet.

28 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
20 species

28 records, 2019 to 2024

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Photographed on iNaturalist
2 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Gray-headed Swamphen.

Last seen Nov 2022

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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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

Buildings

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 8
Singapura

ಸಿಂಗಾಪುರ

Bengaluru North corporation, Byatarayanapura assembly seat

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Village
Narisapura

Yelahanka hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

26

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Height above sea level
924 m
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Coordinates

13.0761° N, 77.5546° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
53
2018 lake survey
BUBNYHnrp_kr1-304
Lake Development Authority
LDA388
KGIS tank map
811
Water bodies census
2/12/002/253189/025980/002
City lake monitoring site
60