Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Rajamahal Kere

ಅರಮನೆ ಮೈದಾನದ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Palace Grounds Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Rajamahal ward, Bengaluru West

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Size
14.0 acresAbout 7.9 football pitches
Rank by size
603rd 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
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1954, 1956 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

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

  1. 1927

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  3. 1978

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 24 of 38 years

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

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 17% is new water

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

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  5. 1995

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly water every year

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

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  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Clean, 4.38 acres surveyed

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  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
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
14.0 acres

About 7.9 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
4.38 acres

About 2.5 football pitches

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End to end
315 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 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
Clean
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What pollutes it, 2018

Road runoff

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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
2017-11-2824.1287.880333814182.4163.80.1780
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land within 500 m

53% trees, 34% built, 7% shrubs, 2% crops, 2% grass, 2% water, 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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Where its water comes from and goes

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain runoff

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

ETP

2.9 km away

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What lives here

All wildlife recorded
1 species

1 records, all in 2018

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Photographed on iNaturalist
15 times

9 species, 6 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: sanguinaria, Oriental Darter, Giant Honey Bee, Jaggery palm and sugar date palm.

Last seen Feb 2025

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Inside palace ground

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 51
Rajamahal

ರಾಜಮಹಲ್

Bengaluru West corporation, Malleshwaram assembly seat

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Village
Rajamahal

Kasaba hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

1

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Height above sea level
935 m
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Coordinates

13.0021° N, 77.5861° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNBKrjm_kr3-67
KGIS tank map
759