Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Pattaduru Agrahara Kere-1

ಪಟ್ಟಂದೂರು ಅಗ್ರಹಾರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Pattandur Agrahara kere-1, Pattandur Agrahara Lake

Kere, a large tank, in S.M Krishna Ward ward, Bengaluru East

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Size
1.72 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1285th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
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 90% encroached.
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1959 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1958 to 2026.

  1. 1958

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

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  3. 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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  4. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    90% encroached, sewage, 12.9 acres surveyed

    See source

  5. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP

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  6. 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
    • 59% floating weed
    • 41% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
1.72 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

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2018 lake survey
12.9 acres

About 7.3 football pitches

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End to end
129 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
Sewage
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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
10.1 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

Plantation

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Where it is encroached

On the all side

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Dumped in it

Construction debris & garbage

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

41% built, 40% trees, 10% shrubs, 6% crops, 2% grass, 0.7% bare ground

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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Residents' groups
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Campaign pages
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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
  • J.I.Veerenahalli Kere
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Overflows into

Whitefield Kere

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Catchment
0.8 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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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sewage Treatment Plant

2.8 km away

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What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Vacant land, apartm., plantation, villa & houses

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Photos

Pattaduru Agrahara Kere-1, photographed in 2016
Bharatpailla / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2016

Where it is

Ward 33
S.M Krishna Ward

ಎಸ್.ಎಂ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ವಾರ್ಡ್

Bengaluru East corporation, Mahadevapura assembly seat

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Village
Pattandur Agrahara

KR Puram hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

54

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Height above sea level
890 m
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Coordinates

12.9762° N, 77.7449° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
151
2018 lake survey
BUBEKRpta_kr8-749
Lake Development Authority
LDA400
City lake monitoring site
178