Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Tavarekere Lake

Kere, a large tank, in S.G Palya ward, Bengaluru South

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Size
11.6 acresAbout 6.6 football pitches
Rank by size
682nd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
8% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 50% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1944, 1946 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1903 to 2026.

  1. 1903

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1945

    On the survey map

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  3. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

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  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

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

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  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    50% encroached, polluted, 20.3 acres surveyed

    Restored, year not recorded

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  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 53% floating weed
    • 47% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 17% floating weed
    • 83% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
11.6 acres

About 6.6 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
20.3 acres

About 12 football pitches

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End to end
359 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2 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
Polluted
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
8%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
10.4 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

Park & ground

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Where it is encroached

On the all and sides side

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Land within 500 m

88% built, 11% trees, 0.5% grass, 0.5% crops

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

Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Agara Lake

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Catchment
3.1 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

No inlet drains, no overflow weirs, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sewage Treatment Plant

1.8 km away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
39 species

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

184 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
101 species

265 records, 2016 to 2026

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Photographed on iNaturalist
191 times

88 species, 79 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Elephant Emperor, Canara Swift, Carrhotus viduus, Oriental Mud-dauber Wasp and Mysore Round-eyed Gecko.

Last seen Jan 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and free floating

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 22
S.G Palya

ಎಸ್.ಜಿ. ಪಾಳ್ಯ

Bengaluru South corporation, B.T.M Layout assembly seat

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Village
Tavarekere

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

74 (Tavare kere), 41 (Byrasandra-Uttarahalli)

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Height above sea level
902 m
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Coordinates

12.9284° N, 77.6028° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
156
2018 lake survey
BUBSBGtvk_kr1-1503
Lake Development Authority
LDA438
KGIS tank map
995