It covers an area of 16.2 hectares (0.16 km2; 0.06 sq mi), making it the second-largest cemetery in Jakarta.

[1] The graves of poor people are located in a special block at the back of the graveyard.

Another method proposed is reassigning the 18,000 graves that have been abandoned or have had their lease run out.

[4] In 2009 the government of Jakarta began the plakatisasi program to ensure the graves in Karet Bivak followed the rules for gravestones as outlined by a 2007 bylaw.

By September 2009 the government had replaced 2,000 graves with plain gray tombstones and grassy mounds.