Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Subbedarana Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Anjanapura ward, Bengaluru South

See it on the map

Size

1.74 acresSmaller than a football pitch

Rank by size

1283rd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist

Valley

Suvarnamukhi

Who looks after it

BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

Water quality

Not tested for water quality yet

Built over

13% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 5% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1983.

No open water seen by satellite, 1984-2021

What covers it each year:waterbuilt on or bareplants or weed

1904

1984

1904
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1984-2021
No open water seen in any year
The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough
See source See source
2017-2025
Mostly built on or bare from 2018
About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years
See source
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
5% encroached, clean, 19.3 acres surveyed
See source
2025-2026
Mostly dry or built 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
0% floating weed
100% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
0% open water
0% floating weed
100% dry or built
See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline

1.74 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

2018 lake survey

19.3 acres

About 11 football pitches

End to end

130 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

1 m

Kind of lake

Kere, a large tank

How clean the water is

State pollution board

Not tested by the state board

How it looked in 2018

Clean

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18

1 readings

Every reading

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

Date	Where	Water temperature°C	Light transparencycm	pH	ConductivityµS/cm	Dissolved solidsmg/L	Suspended solidsmg/L	TurbidityNTU	Dissolved oxygenmg/L	CODmg/L	BODmg/L	Total phosphate	Kjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as N	Total coliformMPN/100mL
2018-02-05		22.6	16	7.3	1,045	690	10	13.6	0.19	16	0.7	1.9	14	9

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

13%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Encroached area, 2017

8.00 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

Encroached by

NICE

Taken for

NICE road

Where it is encroached

On the north side

Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

Other problems noted

RTC for sy no 38, 0.30 a-g is for building Bangalore -Mysore Express and land is leased to NICEL

Land record maps

Land within 500 m

27% shrubs, 23% grass, 23% built, 11% crops, 10% trees, 5% bare ground, 1% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley

Suvarnamukhi

The river basin its water drains to

Overflows into

Shanuboganahalli Lake

Catchment

1.5 km²

The land that drains into it

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

Built parts, 2018 survey

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

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies and dragonflies

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

Around it

Around it in 2018

Vacant land, NICE road & hill

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 40

Anjanapura

ಅಂಜನಾಪುರ

Bengaluru South corporation, Bangalore South assembly seat

Village

Gollahalli

Uttarahalli hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

38

Height above sea level

915 m

Coordinates

12.8474° N, 77.5662° E

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Its number in each record

ATREE lake map: 16
2018 lake survey: BUBSUHglh_kr1-1328
Lake Development Authority: LDA433