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

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Nellakunte Kere

Also called Oatkere

Kere, a large tank, in Nellukunte Thimmanahalli village, Bengaluru North taluk

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Size in the 2018 survey
26.8 acresAbout 15 football pitches
Rank by size
346th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
5% encroached2018 survey

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1954, 1959 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

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

  1. 1927

    On the survey map

    See source

  2. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  3. 1958

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  4. 1978

    On the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 5% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% 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

    Mostly plants or weed every year

    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

    5% encroached, muddy, 26.8 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and 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
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% 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

2018 lake survey
26.8 acres

About 15 football pitches

See source
Deepest point, 2018
3.5 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
Muddy
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture runoff

See source
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°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-142656.913688160265.82.211226.90.17900
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How much is built over

Encroached area, 2017
4.53 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Encroached by

Farmers

See source
Taken for

Agriculture

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Where it is encroached

On the north-east, east and south-east side

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Other problems noted

Rapid soil excavation

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Land within 500 m

56% crops, 12% trees, 10% shrubs, 9% grass, 8% built, 5% bare ground, 0.5% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

See source
Built parts, 2018 survey

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

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation

See source

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Molluscs, birds and peacoc

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Plantation, vacant land & railway track

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Nellukunte Thimmanahalli

Jala hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

19

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Height above sea level
924 m
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Coordinates

13.1523° N, 77.5992° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNJLnkt_kr1-357