Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Sathanur Kere

Also called Sathanur karabu 4

Kere, a large tank, in Sathanuru village, Bengaluru North taluk

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Size
13.8 acresAbout 7.8 football pitches
Rank by size
608th 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
1% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 0.8% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1920 to 1926, 1928 to 1954, 1956 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1919 to 2026.

  1. 1919

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1927

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  3. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  4. 1978

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 13% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    1% of its water area has since gone dry; 24% is new water

    Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry

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  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  7. 2017-2025

    No one cover holds over half of it in most years

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

    See source

  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    0.8% encroached, muddy, 19.0 acres surveyed

    See source

  9. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; part floating weed, part open water in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 22% open water
    • 62% floating weed
    • 16% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 30% open water
    • 43% floating weed
    • 28% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
13.8 acres

About 7.8 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
19.0 acres

About 11 football pitches

See source
End to end
511 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
What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture runoff & human defecation

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
2017-11-1424.3117.1238172016.82.2327.70.171,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
1%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.46 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Government agencies, farmers, private owners and the public

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Taken for

Road, agriculture, hallowbrick factory & graveyard

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Where it is encroached

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

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Dumped in it

Construction debris, wooden & plastic wastes

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation

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Land within 500 m

46% crops, 24% built, 20% trees, 5% shrubs, 3% grass, 2% bare ground, 0.7% 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

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Hosahalli Lake

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Catchment
2.9 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Fishing, cattle feeding, washing and R

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What lives here

Birds recorded
40 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Sandpiper, Common Iora and Asian Openbill.

124 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
40 species

124 records, 2017 to 2024

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Indian Roller near threatened
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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Reptiles and birds

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Plantation, brick factory, agriculture, Rd & graveyard

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Sathanuru

Jala hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

31

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Height above sea level
906 m
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Coordinates

13.1303° N, 77.6506° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
268
2018 lake survey
BUBNJLstn_kr4-361
Lake Development Authority
LDA414
KGIS tank map
820
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000002/000056/001