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

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Sampinge Kere

ಸಂಪಂಗಿ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Sampangi Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Sampangirama Nagar ward, Bengaluru Central

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Size in the 2018 survey
35.3 acresAbout 20 football pitches
Rank by size
254th 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
95% encroached2018 survey

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1944, 1946 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1904 to 2026.

  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1945

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1980

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

    See sourceSee source

  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare 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

  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    95% encroached, polluted, 35.3 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed 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
    • 100% floating weed
    • 0% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 100% floating weed
    • 0% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

2018 lake survey
35.3 acres

About 20 football pitches

See source
Deepest point, 2018
2 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
Polluted
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Road runoff, religious activities

See source
Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
See source
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
2017-11-28Shrunk to Kunte23.9157.35373804017.90.86415.40.271,600
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How much is built over

Encroached by

Government agencies

See source
Taken for

Kanteerava stadium

See source
Where it is encroached

On the east, west, north and south side

See source
Dumped in it

Religious waste

See source
Land within 500 m

64% built, 34% trees, 0.8% grass, 0.7% crops

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain runoff

See source
Built parts, 2018 survey

No inlet drains, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Religious activity

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

Cubbon Park 4MLD Sewage Treatment Planet

360 m away, treats 4 million litres a day

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
17 species

Most seen: Rock Pigeon, Black Kite, House Crow, Common Myna and Large-billed Crow.

62 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
56 species

153 records, 2008 to 2026

See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
121 times

48 species, 34 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Indian Pond-Heron, Giant Honey Bee, Camponotus meghalayaensis, Cataulacus taprobanae and Rock Pigeon.

Last seen Jun 2026

See source
Water plants, 2018 survey

Floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Buildings, cubban park & mallya Hospital

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 4
Sampangirama Nagar

ಸಂಪಂಗಿರಾಮ ನಗರ

Bengaluru Central corporation, Shivajinagar assembly seat

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Village
Sampigehalli

Kasaba hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

3

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Height above sea level
904 m
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Coordinates

12.9678° N, 77.5897° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNBKsmp_kr1-69