Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Veerasagara Kere

ವೀರಸಾಗರ

Also called Veerasagara Lake, Veerasagara

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

See it on the map
Size
20.0 acresAbout 11 football pitches
Rank by size
460th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Hebbal
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
4% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

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

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1927 to 2026.

  1. 1927

    On the survey map

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  2. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  3. 1978

    On the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 11% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    4% of its water area has since gone dry; 26% is new water

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

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

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  5. 2008

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  6. 2012

    Restored

    See source

  7. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  8. 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

  9. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Muddy, 21.4 acres surveyed

    See source

  10. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP

    See source

  11. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 22% open water
    • 76% floating weed
    • 2% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 1% open water
    • 6% floating weed
    • 93% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
20.0 acres

About 11 football pitches

See source
Land records
21.4 acres

About 12 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
21.4 acres

About 12 football pitches

See source
End to end
531 m

The longest straight line across the outline

See source
Deepest point, 2018
3 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
Muddy
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south-west

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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
4%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.90 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Dumped in it

Construction debris & garbage

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Other problems noted

Sand mining & washing

See source
Land record maps
See source
Land within 500 m

38% crops, 32% built, 17% trees, 6% grass, 6% shrubs, 3% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
City work on the lake
Developed
See source
City zone
Yelahanka
See source
City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Atturu Kere

See source
Catchment
2.4 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

6 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 1 culvert, no check dams and no islands

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Sand mining and washing

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

Yelahanka Waste Water Treatment Plant

2.2 km away

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
85 species

Most seen: Eurasian Coot, Little Grebe, Indian Pond-Heron, White-throated Kingfisher and Black Drongo.

557 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
85 species

557 records, 2018 to 2024

See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Eurasian Coot.

Last seen Aug 2022

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, settlement & apartment

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Veerasagara

Yelahanka hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

26 (Veera sagara), 25 (Atturu)

See source
Height above sea level
924 m
See source
Coordinates

13.1023° N, 77.5569° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
71
2018 lake survey
BUBNYHvrs_kr1-330
Lake Development Authority
LDA458
KGIS tank map
807
Water bodies census
2/12/002/253189/025974/002
City lake monitoring site
90