Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Thimmagowdana Kere

Also called Alur katte

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

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Size
5.76 acresAbout 3.3 football pitches
Rank by size
971st largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Arkavathi
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1874 to 1913, 1915 to 1973 and 1975 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1873 to 2026.

  1. 1873

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1914

    Not on the survey map

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  3. 1974

    On the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 12 of 32 years

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

    9% of its water area has since gone dry; 28% is new water

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

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  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly water in most years

    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

    Muddy, 8.53 acres surveyed

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  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 53% open water
    • 17% floating weed
    • 30% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 91% open water
    • 0.6% floating weed
    • 9% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
5.76 acres

About 3.3 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
8.53 acres

About 4.8 football pitches

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End to end
243 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 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
Muddy
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What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture runoff

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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
2017-11-2330.567.81511106079.15.2327.70.371,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.51 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Dumped in it

Plastic waste construction debris

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

37% crops, 21% trees, 19% shrubs, 16% built, 6% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Alur Kere

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Catchment
0.7 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, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, no culverts, 1 check dam and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation and cattle feeding

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What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Cranes

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

E, al, plantation

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Alur

Dasanapura hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

117

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Height above sea level
861 m
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Coordinates

13.0894° N, 77.4528° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
202
2018 lake survey
BUBNDPalu_kr2-456
Lake Development Authority
LDA010