Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Yelachaguppe Karabu Katte

Also called Bairana katte

Kere, a large tank, in Yelachaguppe village, Bengaluru South taluk

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Size
5.85 acresAbout 3.3 football pitches
Rank by size
965th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
1% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 15% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1959, 1961 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1914 to 2026.

  1. 1914

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1960

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  3. 1973

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 22 of 34 years

    Water in 13% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 64% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  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 water in most years

    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

    15% encroached, clean, 7.88 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

    • 96% open water
    • 1% floating weed
    • 2% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 84% open water
    • 0.6% floating weed
    • 16% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
5.85 acres

About 3.3 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
7.88 acres

About 4.5 football pitches

See source
End to end
243 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2.3 m
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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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What pollutes it, 2018

Ag. runoff & cattle wading

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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
1%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.84 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Farmers and government agencies

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Taken for

Agriculture & road

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Where it is encroached

On the south-west side

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Dumped in it

Garbage

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Other problems noted

As per the SSLR Survey Report 0.20 Guntas is encroached by Govt. and 0.13 1/2 by private

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Land within 500 m

40% crops, 20% shrubs, 18% trees, 11% built, 7% grass, 3% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Yelachagupperamapura Kere

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Catchment
0.7 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall & drain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, no overflow weirs, 1 sluice gate, 1 culvert, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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What lives here

Birds recorded
24 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Blyth's Reed Warbler, White-breasted Waterhen, Greater Coucal and Rock Pigeon.

50 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
24 species

50 records, all in 2020

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and free floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture & plantation

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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
Yelachaguppe

Tavarekere hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

16

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Height above sea level
846 m
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Coordinates

12.9650° N, 77.4219° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
460
2018 lake survey
BUBSTKylg_kr8-1148
KGIS tank map
433
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000003/000059/002