Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Yelachagupperamapura Kere

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

See it on the map

Size

14.3 acresAbout 8.1 football pitches

Rank by size

590th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist

Valley

Vrishabhavathi

Who looks after it

BDABangalore Development Authority

Water quality

Not tested for water quality yet

Built over

0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 5% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1954, 1956 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

Water seen by satellite each year, up to 10.6 acres. Grey: years it saw under half the lake

What covers it each year:waterbuilt on or bareplants or weed

1913

1955

1973

1984

1913
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1914
Not on the survey map
See source
1955
Not on the U.S. Army map
Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46
See source
1973
On the survey map
See source
1984-2021
Held water most years
Water in 25% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024
3% of its water area has since gone dry; 21% is new water
4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake
See source See source
2017-2018
In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached
This census's status marks are often wrong
See source
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
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
5% encroached, muddy
See source
2025-2026
Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season
After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025
89% open water
3% floating weed
8% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
69% open water
0% floating weed
31% dry or built
See source

How big it is

Drawn outline

14.3 acres

About 8.1 football pitches

End to end

420 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

4 m

Kind of lake

Kere, a large tank

How clean the water is

State pollution board

Not tested by the state board

How it looked in 2018

Muddy

What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage & Ag. runoff

Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Encroached area, 2017

2.44 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

Encroached by

Farmers

Taken for

Agriculture, coconut & mango plantation

Where it is encroached

On the east and south-east side

Other problems noted

As per the SSLR Survey Report 2.12 1/2 Guntas is encroached by private with Soil excavation

Land within 500 m

35% crops, 22% trees, 21% shrubs, 16% built, 4% grass, 1% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley

Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

Water comes from

Overflows into

Muppatu Kavalu Sakari

Catchment

1.8 km²

The land that drains into it

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall & drain

Built parts, 2018 survey

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

Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture & plantation

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru

Outside the city limits

Village

Yelachaguppe

Tavarekere hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

6 (Yelachagupperamapur), 39 (Yelachaguppe)

Height above sea level

843 m

Coordinates

12.9617° N, 77.4254° E

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OpenStreetMap

Open it on OpenStreetMap

Its number in each record

ATREE lake map: 525
2018 lake survey: BUBSTKylg_kr7-1147
KGIS tank map: 434
Water bodies census: 1/12/002/000003/000059/001