Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Vijinapura Kere2

ವಿಜಿನಪುರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Vijinapura Lake, Vijinapura kere

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

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Size
3.91 acresAbout 2.2 football pitches
Rank by size
1087th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Hebbal
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Fit only for irrigationTested Jul 2026
Built over
6% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 0.1% encroached.
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1957, 1959 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. 1958

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  3. 1978

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 9 of 38 years

    Water in 2% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 14% is new water

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

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  5. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  6. 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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  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    0.1% encroached, clean, 11.7 acres surveyed

    Restored, year not recorded

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  8. 2025-2026

    Tested by the state board in 16 months, most often fit only for wildlife and fish

    Apr 2025 to Jul 2026

    See every testSee source

  9. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 100% floating weed
    • 0% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 93% floating weed
    • 8% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
3.91 acres

About 2.2 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
11.7 acres

About 6.6 football pitches

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End to end
303 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
1.5 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 16 times since Apr 2025
Fit only for wildlife and fish: 10 months. Fit only for irrigation: 6 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
Clean
See source
Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
See source
Every reading
Show every reading

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

MeasureUnitValue
Water temperature°C25
Dissolved oxygenmg/L1
pH7.4
ConductivityµS/cm1,052
BODmg/L11
Nitratemg/L as N4
Faecal coliformMPN/100mL4,000
Total coliformMPN/100mL17,000
Bicarbonatemg/L240
TurbidityNTU6
Total alkalinitymg/L as CaCO3240
Chloridemg/L208
CODmg/L117
Kjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as N1.8
Ammonia nitrogenmg/L as N1.4
Total hardnessmg/L as CaCO3288
Calcium hardnessmg/L as CaCO3152
Calciummg/L60.8
Magnesium hardnessmg/L as CaCO3136
Magnesiummg/L33.1
Sulphatemg/L55
Sodiummg/L99
Dissolved solidsmg/L720
Suspended solidsmg/L12
Phosphatemg/L0.32
Potassiummg/L8
Fluoridemg/L0.32
Sodium share%34
Sodium adsorption ratio2.5
Orthophosphatemg/L0.89

Every month the state board tested it

MonthClassDissolved oxygenmg/LBODmg/LFaecal coliformMPN/100mLTotal coliformMPN/100mLSource
Jul 2026E1114,00017,000See source
Jun 2026E2.3113,30011,000See source
May 2026E1.2113,90017,000See source
Apr 2026E183,30011,000See source
Mar 2026D4.762,60011,000See source
Feb 2026E2.89017210See source
Jan 2026E1262,60011,000See source
Dec 2025D4.283103,500See source
Nov 2025D5.452302,200See source
Oct 2025D5.941703,500See source
Sep 2025D5.272303,500See source
Aug 2025D4.263,10012,000See source
Jul 2025D5.863904,300See source
Jun 2025D5.863,20012,000See source
May 2025D5.253102,800See source
Apr 2025D4.661304,300See 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
2017-11-2923.1227.2280176189.61.2327.70.151,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
6%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
5.17 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

The public and government agencies

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Taken for

Houses, school hostel & shed

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Where it is encroached

On the south-west and south side

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Dumped in it

Garbage

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Other problems noted

Idol immersion

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Land within 500 m

81% built, 18% trees

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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Campaign pages
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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Kowdenahalli Kere

See source
Catchment
1.3 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

5 inlet drains, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, 1 culvert, no check dams and 2 islands

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

KR Puram Phase I 20MLD Sewage Treatment Planet

2.0 km away, treats 20 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
36 species

Most seen: Indian Pond-Heron, Rock Pigeon, Large-billed Crow, House Crow and Eurasian Coot.

109 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
36 species

109 records, 2023 to 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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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

Settlement

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 16
Kotthur

ಕೊತ್ತೂರು

Bengaluru East corporation, K.R. Pura assembly seat

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Village
Kowdenahalli (Kavudenahalli)

KR Puram hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

85

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Height above sea level
907 m
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Coordinates

13.0093° N, 77.6766° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
65
2018 lake survey
BUBEKRkwd_kr2-717
Lake Development Authority
LDA464
KGIS tank map
655
Water bodies census
2/12/002/253189/026022/001
City lake monitoring site
151