Lakes of Bendakaluru
On the site now
Buildings

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Yellakunte Kere-2

Kere, a large tank, in Agara ward, Bengaluru South

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Size in the 2018 survey
9.65 acresAbout 5.5 football pitches
Rank by size
DisappearedThe year it went is not recorded
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
No survey of building on record

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1904 to 2026.
  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough

  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

    The lake is known only as a point or is under a quarter acre, so the shares are rough

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

  5. 2018

    Recorded as gone in the 2018 lake survey

    9.65 acres surveyed

  6. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season

    The lake is small for these images, so treat the shares as rough

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

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

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

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

How big it is

2018 lake survey
9.65 acres

About 5.5 football pitches

Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank

What took its place

On the site now
Buildings
Filled in by

The public

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Land within 500 m

88% built, 7% trees, 2% crops, 2% bare ground, 1% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

Where its water comes from and goes

Nearest sewage treatment plant

Agaram 35MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

1.2 km away, treats 35 million litres a day

What lives here

Birds recorded
1 species

Most seen: Eastern Barn Owl.

1 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
2 species

2 records, 2023 to 2025

Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Creeping Woodsorrel.

Last seen Sep 2025

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 71
Agara

ಅಗರ

Bengaluru South corporation, Bommanahalli assembly seat

Village
Yelakunte

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

14

Height above sea level
890 m
Coordinates

12.9062° N, 77.6436° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBSBGylk_kr2-1512