Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Vibhutipura Lake

ವಿಭೂತಿಪುರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Vibhutipura kere, Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Vignananagara ward, Bengaluru East

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Size
31.0 acresAbout 18 football pitches
Rank by size
303rd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Fit only for irrigationTested Jul 2026
Built over
2% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 2% encroached.
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1944, 1946 to 1954, 1956 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. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  4. 1980

    On the survey map

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  5. 1984-2021

    Held water in 14 of 38 years

    Water in 1% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    7% of its water area has since gone dry; 2% is new water

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  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  7. 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

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  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    2% encroached, sewage, 45.5 acres surveyed

    Restored, year not recorded

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  9. 2023-2026

    Tested by the state board in 33 months, most often fit only for wildlife and fish

    Jul 2023 to Jul 2026

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  10. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 72% open water
    • 19% floating weed
    • 10% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 20% open water
    • 8% floating weed
    • 72% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
31.0 acres

About 18 football pitches

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Land records
45.5 acres

About 26 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
45.5 acres

About 26 football pitches

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End to end
870 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

Latest test
Fit only for irrigation

Fit only for irrigation, cooling and waste disposal. Class E on the state board’s scale from A, the cleanest, to E.

Tested Jul 2026

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Class each month, tested 33 times since Jul 2023
Fit only for wildlife and fish: 18 months. Fit only for irrigation: 15 months. Every month is listed in the readings below.
Drinkable after disinfection
Fit for bathing
Drinkable after treatment
Fit only for wildlife and fish
Fit only for irrigation
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How it looked in 2018
Sewage
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south-west

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
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Every reading
Show every reading

Latest test, Jul 2026. Too low to measure: boron, carbonate, phenolphthalein alkalinity

MeasureUnitValue
Water temperature°C25
Dissolved oxygenmg/L1.2
pH7.8
ConductivityµS/cm797
BODmg/L58
Nitratemg/L as N3
Nitritemg/L as N0.12
Faecal coliformMPN/100mL330
Total coliformMPN/100mL1,100
Bicarbonatemg/L220
TurbidityNTU38.6
Total alkalinitymg/L as CaCO3220
Chloridemg/L144
CODmg/L312
Kjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as N3
Ammonia nitrogenmg/L as N2.2
Total hardnessmg/L as CaCO3140
Calcium hardnessmg/L as CaCO376
Calciummg/L30.4
Magnesium hardnessmg/L as CaCO364
Magnesiummg/L15.6
Sulphatemg/L15
Sodiummg/L68
Dissolved solidsmg/L536
Suspended solidsmg/L46
Phosphatemg/L1.4
Potassiummg/L9
Fluoridemg/L0.4
Sodium share%49
Sodium adsorption ratio2.5
Orthophosphatemg/L3.5

Every month the state board tested it

MonthClassDissolved oxygenmg/LBODmg/LFaecal coliformMPN/100mLTotal coliformMPN/100mLSource
Jul 2026E1.2583301,100See source
Jun 2026E2.8218405,400See source
May 2026E1163301,100See source
Apr 2026E1.726See source
Mar 2026D5.252,80016,000See source
Feb 2026E1.2142,7007,900See source
Jan 2026D5.55331,600See source
Dec 2025D6.181,4004,900See source
Nov 2025E2.51694170See source
Oct 2025D4.481702,400See source
Sep 2025E2.3112404,300See source
Aug 2025D4.881,4009,400See source
Jul 2025D651470See source
Jun 2025D4.271,2007,900See source
May 2025E0.6272,20012,000See source
Apr 2025E541,40,0004,60,000See source
Mar 2025E1.4246305,400See source
Feb 2025D5.2732220See source
Jan 2025D6.852603,500See source
Dec 2024D6.353102,800See source
Nov 2024D4.362402,800See source
Oct 2024E1.3253,30013,000See source
Sep 2024E3.2221,40011,000See source
Aug 2024D5.859,20046,000See source
Jul 2024D4.982,10011,000See source
Mar 2024D5.972103,500See source
Feb 2024E3142,2007,900See source
Jan 2024D5.864902,800See source
Dec 2023D5.1784016,000See source
Oct 2023D4.684,90054,000See source
Sep 2023D5.273109,200See source
Aug 2023E1.8154,60054,000See source
Jul 2023E3.1122,60054,000See source

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
2017-11-302396.88616143750.24811.50.8161,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
2%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
3.33 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

The public

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Taken for

Houses & graveyard

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Where it is encroached

On the south and south-west side

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Dumped in it

Garbage

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Land within 500 m

77% built, 16% trees, 4% shrubs, 3% crops, 0.6% grass

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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City work on the lake
Work in progress
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City zone
Mahadevapura
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Campaign pages
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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
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Overflows into

Varthur Lake

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Catchment
2.4 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, no overflow weirs, 1 sluice gate, 2 culverts, no check dams and 5 islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Kaggadasapura STP

1.9 km away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
118 species

Most seen: Rock Pigeon, Black Kite, Black Drongo, Common Myna and Rose-ringed Parakeet.

7,701 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
125 species

7,709 records, 2015 to 2024

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Threatened species seen here
2
  • Spot-billed Pelican near threatened
  • River Tern vulnerable
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Photographed on iNaturalist
19 times

12 species, 12 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Signature Spider, Indian Paradise-Flycatcher, Common Castor Butterfly, Coromandel Marsh Dart and Tailed Palmfly.

Last seen May 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Apartment, houses & plantation

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Photos

Vibhutipura Lake, photographed in 2019
Amol.Gaitonde / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2019
Vibhutipura Lake, photographed in 2019
Amol.Gaitonde / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2019
Vibhutipura Lake, photographed in 2019
Amol.Gaitonde / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2019
Vibhutipura Lake, photographed in 2019
Amol.Gaitonde / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2019
Vibhutipura Lake, photographed in 2019
Amol.Gaitonde / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2019
Vibhutipura Lake, photographed in 2019
Amol.Gaitonde / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2019
Vibhutipura Lake, photographed in 2019
Amol.Gaitonde / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2019
Vibhutipura Lake, photographed in 2021
Rajeshb n / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2021
Vibhutipura Lake, photographed in 2020
Rajeshb n / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2020

Where it is

Ward 24
Vignananagara

ವಿಜ್ಞಾನನಗರ

Bengaluru East corporation, K.R. Pura assembly seat

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Village
Vibhuthipura

KR Puram hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

175

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Height above sea level
882 m
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Coordinates

12.9678° N, 77.6762° E

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Wikipedia

Vibuthipura Lake is a lake in the suburb of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, in the southeast of the city of Bengaluru. The lake is the part of Bellandur-Varthur Lake series.

Read Vibhutipura Lake on Wikipedia

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Kannada Wikipedia

ವಿಭೂತಿಪುರ ಕೆರೆ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದ ಆಗ್ನೇಯ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಹಿಂದೂಸ್ತಾನ್ ಏರೋನಾಟಿಕ್ಸ್ ಲಿಮಿಟೆಡ್‌ನ ಉಪನಗರದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಒಂದು ಕೆರೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಕೆರೆಯು ಬೆಳ್ಳಂದೂರು-ವರ್ತೂರು ಕೆರೆಗಳ ಸರಣಿಯ ಭಾಗವಾಗಿದೆ.

ವಿಭೂತಿಪುರ ಕೆರೆ

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OpenStreetMap
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Wikimedia Commons

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Wikidata

Q7924608

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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
158
2018 lake survey
BUBEKRvbp_kr3-776
Lake Development Authority
LDA462
KGIS tank map
643
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302753/001