Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Dodda Bommasandra Lake

ದೊಡ್ಡಬೊಮ್ಮಸಂದ್ರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Doddabommasandra Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Doddabommasandra ward, Bengaluru North

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Size
92.8 acresAbout 53 football pitches
Rank by size
84th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Hebbal
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.4% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1954, 1956 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1927 to 2026.

  1. 1927

    On the survey map

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  2. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  3. 1978

    On the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 8% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0.2% of its water area has since gone dry; 66% is new water

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

    Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry

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  5. 2013

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  7. 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

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  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Polluted, 124 acres surveyed

    Restored, year not recorded

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  9. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 74% open water
    • 26% floating weed
    • 0.3% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 65% open water
    • 33% floating weed
    • 2% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
92.8 acres

About 53 football pitches

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Land records
35.7 acres

About 20 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
124 acres

About 71 football pitches

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End to end
1.0 km

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2 m
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Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
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How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Polluted
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north

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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.4%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
3.90 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

75% built, 14% trees, 7% crops, 3% shrubs, 0.7% grass, 0.5% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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City work on the lake
Developed
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City zone
Yelahanka
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City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
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Overflows into

Hebbal Lake

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Catchment
10.3 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

5 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 3 culverts, no check dams and 3 islands

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Doddabomasandra STP

333 m away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
171 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Indian Pond-Heron, Western Swamphen, Red-wattled Lapwing and Rose-ringed Parakeet.

32,133 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
207 species

32,252 records, 2011 to 2026

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Threatened species seen here
8
  • Spot-billed Pelican near threatened
  • Greater spotted eagle vulnerable
  • Woolly-necked Stork near threatened
  • Indian Roller near threatened
  • Black-tailed Godwit near threatened
  • Red-necked Falcon near threatened
  • Red-breasted Parakeet near threatened
  • River Tern vulnerable
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Photographed on iNaturalist
359 times

107 species, 266 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Purple Heron, Indian Spot-billed Duck, Gray-headed Swamphen, Indian Pond-Heron and Chinese violet.

Last seen Jul 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Buildings

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Photos

Dodda Bommasandra Lake, photographed in 2025
Vraj Acharya, WELL Labs / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2025
Dodda Bommasandra Lake, photographed in 2025
Vraj Acharya, WELL Labs / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2025

Where it is

Ward 11
Doddabommasandra

ದೊಡ್ಡಬೊಮ್ಮಸಂದ್ರ

Bengaluru North corporation, Byatarayanapura assembly seat

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Village
Doddabommasandra

Yelahanka hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

56 (Dodda Bomasandra), 175 (Kodigehalli), 53 (Tindlu)

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Height above sea level
922 m
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Coordinates

13.0647° N, 77.5630° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
33
2018 lake survey
BUBNYHdbs_kr1-261
Lake Development Authority
LDA119
KGIS tank map
803
Water bodies census
2/12/002/253189/025981/001
City lake monitoring site
58