Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Singapura Lake

ಸಿಂಗಾಪುರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Singapura Kere, Bhagavan Buddha Dr. B.R Ambedkar Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Singapura ward, Bengaluru North

See it on the map
Size
22.5 acresAbout 13 football pitches
Rank by size
403rd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Arkavathi
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.5% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 5% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1916 to 1926, 1928 to 1954, 1956 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1915 to 2026.

  1. 1915

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1927

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  4. 1978

    On the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 6% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    2% of its water area has since gone dry; 31% is new water

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

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  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  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

    5% encroached, clean, 66.5 acres surveyed

    See source

  9. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 76% open water
    • 7% floating weed
    • 17% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 9% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 91% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
22.5 acres

About 13 football pitches

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Land records
66.5 acres

About 38 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
66.5 acres

About 38 football pitches

See source
End to end
656 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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

Sewage & cattle wading

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-east

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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
2017-11-12Inlet1997.971054018124988.60.4201,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.5%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
4.88 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Government agencies

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Taken for

Slum board

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Where it is encroached

On the north-east side

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Land within 500 m

47% built, 23% trees, 15% crops, 8% shrubs, 4% grass, 2% bare ground, 1% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
City work on the lake
Work in progress
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City zone
Yelahanka
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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Abbigere Kere

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Catchment
2.1 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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Used for, 2018 survey

Fishing, cattle feeding and washing

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Chikkabanavara 5MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

2.4 km away, treats 5 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
111 species

Most seen: Ashy Prinia, Asian Koel, Western Swamphen, Common Myna and Large-billed Crow.

823 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
111 species

823 records, 2015 to 2024

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Spot-billed Pelican near threatened
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Photographed on iNaturalist
6 times

4 species, 4 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Streaked Rattlepod, Chequered Keelback, Birdsville Indigo and puncture vine.

Last seen Nov 2021

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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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

Settlement, layout & hill

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 8
Singapura

ಸಿಂಗಾಪುರ

Bengaluru North corporation, Byatarayanapura assembly seat

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Village
Singapura

Yelahanka hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

102

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Height above sea level
894 m
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Coordinates

13.0820° N, 77.5349° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
267
2018 lake survey
BUBNYHsgp_kr1-319
Lake Development Authority
LDA421
KGIS tank map
1138
Water bodies census
2/12/002/253189/025982/001