Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Dasarahalli Kere

See it on the map
Size
271 acresAbout 154 football pitches
Rank by size
14th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
Nobody on record looks after it
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.2% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1956 to 1974 and 1976 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1955 to 2026.
  1. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

  2. 1975

    On the survey map

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 28% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 33% is new water

    4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake

  4. 2017-2025

    No one cover holds over half of it in most years

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

  5. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 87% open water
    • 11% floating weed
    • 3% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 82% open water
    • 1% floating weed
    • 16% dry or built

How big it is

Drawn outline
271 acres

About 154 football pitches

End to end
1.8 km

The longest straight line across the outline

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.2%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Land within 500 m

69% crops, 10% shrubs, 8% built, 6% trees, 3% grass, 3% water, 0.6% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Nobody on record looks after it.

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

Catchment
38.2 km²

The land that drains into it

What lives here

Birds recorded
53 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Gray Heron, Purple Heron, Indian Pond-Heron and Intermediate egret.

173 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
60 species

228 records, 2017 to 2026

Threatened species seen here
1
  • River Tern vulnerable
Photographed on iNaturalist
64 times

13 species, 54 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Flightless Tethys Tiger Beetle, Yellow-legged Tiger Beetle, Lowland Tiger Beetle, Bicoloured Tiger Beetle and crown flower.

Last seen Aug 2026

Around it

Nothing on record about what is around it.

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
Height above sea level
903 m
Coordinates

13.3198° N, 77.7188° E

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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
1345