Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Dasanapura Kunte-2

Also called Dasanapura Govt. Katte

Kere, a large tank, in Dasanapura village, Bengaluru North taluk

See it on the map
Size
2.15 acresAbout 1.2 football pitches
Rank by size
1242nd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Arkavathi
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 4% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1909 to 1913, 1915 to 1973 and 1975 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1908 to 2026.
  1. 1908

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

  2. 1914

    Not on the survey map

  3. 1974

    Not on the survey map

  4. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2019

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

  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    4% encroached, muddy, 3.23 acres surveyed

  7. 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

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

Drawn outline
2.15 acres

About 1.2 football pitches

2018 lake survey
3.23 acres

About 1.8 football pitches

End to end
146 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018
1.5 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

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Encroached area, 2017
0.60 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

Encroached by

Private owners

Taken for

Building & layout

Where it is encroached

On the south-west side

Dumped in it

Garbage

Other problems noted

Soil excavation

Land within 500 m

54% crops, 24% built, 9% shrubs, 6% grass, 5% trees, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

Catchment
0 km²

The land that drains into it

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain runoff

Built parts, 2018 survey

No inlet drains, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, no culverts and no islands

Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

Around it

Around it in 2018

Layout

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
Village
Dasanapura

Dasanapura hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

49

Height above sea level
882 m
Coordinates

13.0655° N, 77.4340° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNDPdsp_kr2-462