Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Yarappanahalli Kere

Also called Yarappanahalli Kere2, Yerappanahalli Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Yarappanahalli village, Bengaluru East taluk

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Size
11.7 acresAbout 6.6 football pitches
Rank by size
676th 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
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1922 to 1926, 1928 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1921 to 2026.

  1. 1921

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1927

    Not on the survey map

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  3. 1978

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 33% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 63% is new water

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

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  5. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly water in most years

    About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years

    See source

  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Clean, 14.3 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 91% open water
    • 4% floating weed
    • 6% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 91% open water
    • 2% floating weed
    • 7% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
11.7 acres

About 6.6 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
14.3 acres

About 8.1 football pitches

See source
End to end
440 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
5 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
Clean
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Other problems noted

Quarry

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Land within 500 m

53% crops, 18% built, 15% trees, 10% shrubs, 4% grass, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Doddagubbi Kere

See source
Catchment
2.5 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

No inlet drains, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Washing

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What lives here

Birds recorded
30 species

Most seen: Jungle Myna, Common Myna, Indian Pond-Heron, Purple Sunbird and Large-billed Crow.

32 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
30 species

32 records, all in 2023

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Houses & vacant land

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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
Yarappanahalli

Bidarahalli hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

20

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Height above sea level
913 m
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Coordinates

13.0878° N, 77.6835° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
22
2018 lake survey
BUBEBDyrp_kr2-912
Lake Development Authority
LDA468
KGIS tank map
689
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000005/000003/001