Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Thippasandra Kere

ತಿಪ್ಪಸಂದ್ರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Thippasandra Lake

Katte, a medium tank, in Anjanapura ward, Bengaluru South

See it on the map

Size

3.60 acresAbout 2 football pitches

Rank by size

1111th 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

15% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 25% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

No open water seen by satellite, 1984-2021

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

1904

1980

1984

1904
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1980
Not on the survey map
See source
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
See source See source
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
See source
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
25% encroached, polluted, 2.80 acres surveyed
See source
2025-2026
Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season
After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025
0% open water
30% floating weed
70% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
18% open water
17% floating weed
66% dry or built
See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline

3.60 acres

About 2 football pitches

2018 lake survey

2.80 acres

About 1.6 football pitches

End to end

203 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

2 m

Kind of lake

Katte, a medium tank

How clean the water is

State pollution board

Not tested by the state board

How it looked in 2018

Polluted

What pollutes it, 2018

Dumping yard leach

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

15%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Encroached by

Government agencies

Taken for

Road & park

Where it is encroached

On the north-east, south and west side

Dumped in it

Garbage dump, BW & construction debris

Land within 500 m

35% built, 26% trees, 17% shrubs, 15% crops, 7% grass

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

O.B.Chudanahalli Lake

Catchment

0.2 km²

The land that drains into it

Built parts, 2018 survey

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

What lives here

Birds recorded

62 species

Most seen: Little Grebe, Indian Pond-Heron, Rock Pigeon, Black Drongo and Ashy Prinia.

255 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded

64 species

257 records, 2018 to 2024

Photographed on iNaturalist

60 times

40 species, 51 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Asian Brown Flycatcher, Common Iora, Indian Pond-Heron, Greater Coucal and Indian Robin.

Last seen Sep 2023

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

Around it

Around it in 2018

Buildings, layout, park vacant land

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 40

Anjanapura

ಅಂಜನಾಪುರ

Bengaluru South corporation, Bangalore South assembly seat

Village

Thippasandra

Uttarahalli hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

11

Height above sea level

897 m

Coordinates

12.8708° N, 77.5556° E

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OpenStreetMap

Open it on OpenStreetMap

Its number in each record

2018 lake survey: BUBSUHtps_gk1-1367
KGIS tank map: 1052