Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Bheemanakuppe Kere

Also called Dasappana Kere

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

See it on the map

Size

2.60 acresAbout 1.5 football pitches

Rank by size

1203rd 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

0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 30% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1957, 1959 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

Water seen by satellite each year, up to 0.56 acres

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

1914

1958

1973

1984

1914
Not on the survey map
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1958
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
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1973
Not on the survey map
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1984-2021
Held water in 19 of 38 years
Water in 2% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024
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1986
Listed among green belt tanks by the Lakshman Rau committee
Printed as Bheemanakuppe tank
12 ha, as printed in the 1986 report
Among the tanks between Mysore Road and Tumkur Road, Bangalore South taluk
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2017-2025
Mostly plants or weed in most years
Floating weed shows as crops or grass here, not as water
About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years
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2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
30% encroached, clean, 5.60 acres surveyed
See source
2025-2026
Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season
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
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline

2.60 acres

About 1.5 football pitches

2018 lake survey

5.60 acres

About 3.2 football pitches

End to end

208 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

3 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

Clean

What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture runoff

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Encroached area, 2017

3.30 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

Encroached by

Government agencies, the public and farmers

Taken for

Road, graveyard, plantation & agriculture

Where it is encroached

On the south-east and south side

Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

Land within 500 m

30% trees, 26% crops, 15% shrubs, 14% grass, 13% built, 1% bare ground, 1% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Zilla Panchayat

ZP

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley

Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

Overflows into

Hunisemaradapalya Kere

Catchment

0.2 km²

The land that drains into it

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

Built parts, 2018 survey

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

Nearest sewage treatment plant

STP-6

1.2 km away

What lives here

Birds recorded

10 species

Most seen: Red-wattled Lapwing, Indian Pond-Heron, Greater Coucal, Large-billed Crow and Asian Koel.

19 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded

10 species

19 records, 2021 to 2024

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

Around it

Around it in 2018

Vacant land, plantation & agriculture

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru

Outside the city limits

Village

Bhimanakuppe

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

145

Height above sea level

798 m

Coordinates

12.9053° N, 77.4323° E

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Its number in each record

ATREE lake map: 466
2018 lake survey: BUBSKGbhm_kr3-1173
KGIS tank map: 118