Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Nimbekayipura Kere

Also called Nimbekaipura Kere, Nimbekaipura Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Nimbekaipura village, Bengaluru East taluk

See it on the map
Size
12.4 acresAbout 7 football pitches
Rank by size
646th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 5% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1954, 1956 to 1958, 1960 to 1973 and 1975 to 1983.

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

  1. 1914

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  3. 1959

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  4. 1974

    On the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 16% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 29% is new water

    4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake

    See sourceSee source

  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly water in most years

    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, 18.7 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 81% open water
    • 10% floating weed
    • 10% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 59% open water
    • 9% floating weed
    • 32% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
12.4 acres

About 7 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
18.7 acres

About 11 football pitches

See source
End to end
531 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 m
See source
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
Muddy
See source

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
2.90 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Farmers and the public

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Taken for

Agriculture & graveyard

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Where it is encroached

On the west and south-east side

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Land within 500 m

41% crops, 20% shrubs, 19% built, 16% trees, 3% grass, 0.8% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Huskuru Kere

See source
Catchment
1.6 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drin fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir and 1 sluice gate

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Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation and cattle feeding

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What lives here

Birds recorded
88 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Gray Heron, Indian Pond-Heron, Black Drongo and Little Grebe.

496 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
102 species

517 records, 2019 to 2026

See source
Threatened species seen here
1
  • Indian Roller near threatened
See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
75 times

42 species, 46 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Chequered Keelback, Eastern Cattle-Egret, Black Drongo, Common Sandpiper and Indian Spot-billed Duck.

Last seen Sep 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Fish

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, plantation, graveyard & villas

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Nimbekaipura

Bidarahalli hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

42

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Height above sea level
891 m
See source
Coordinates

13.0547° N, 77.7537° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
240
2018 lake survey
BUBEBDnbk_kr2-897
Lake Development Authority
LDA393
KGIS tank map
731