Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Doddanekundi Kere

ದೊಡ್ಡನೆಕುಂದಿ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Doddanekundi kere2, Doddanekundi Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Dodda Nekkundi ward, Bengaluru East

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Size
99.3 acresAbout 56 football pitches
Rank by size
73rd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Fit only for irrigationTested Jul 2026
Built over
0.4% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 1% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1944, 1946 to 1954, 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1903 to 2026.

  1. 1903

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1945

    On the survey map

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  3. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  4. 1980

    On the survey map

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  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 15% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    36% of its water area has since gone dry; 3% 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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  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

    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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  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    1% encroached, sewage, 136 acres surveyed

    Restored, year not recorded

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  9. 2023-2026

    Tested by the state board in 32 months, most often fit only for wildlife and fish

    Oct 2023 to Jul 2026

    See every testSee source

  10. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP

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  11. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon; mostly floating weed in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 91% open water
    • 6% floating weed
    • 4% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 3% open water
    • 86% floating weed
    • 11% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
99.3 acres

About 56 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
136 acres

About 77 football pitches

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End to end
973 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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

Latest test, Doddanekkundi Lake
Fit only for irrigation

Fit only for irrigation, cooling and waste disposal. Class E on the state board’s scale from A, the cleanest, to E.

Tested Jul 2026

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Latest test, Mahadevapura Lake-2
Fit only for irrigation

Fit only for irrigation, cooling and waste disposal. Class E on the state board’s scale from A, the cleanest, to E.

Tested Jul 2026

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Class each month at Doddanekkundi Lake, tested 32 times since Oct 2023
Fit only for wildlife and fish: 25 months. Fit only for irrigation: 7 months. Every month is listed in the readings below.
Drinkable after disinfection
Fit for bathing
Drinkable after treatment
Fit only for wildlife and fish
Fit only for irrigation
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Class each month at Mahadevapura Lake-2, tested 16 times since Apr 2025
Fit only for wildlife and fish: 6 months. Fit only for irrigation: 10 months. Every month is listed in the readings below.
Drinkable after disinfection
Fit for bathing
Drinkable after treatment
Fit only for wildlife and fish
Fit only for irrigation
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How it looked in 2018
Sewage
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north, east, south and west

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Older tests
2 readings

From 2021

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
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Every reading
Show every reading

Latest test, Jul 2026, Doddanekkundi Lake. Too low to measure: boron, carbonate, phenolphthalein alkalinity, phosphate

MeasureUnitValue
Water temperature°C26
Dissolved oxygenmg/L3
pH7.7
ConductivityµS/cm472
BODmg/L93
Nitratemg/L as N2
Nitritemg/L as N0.05
Faecal coliformMPN/100mL17
Total coliformMPN/100mL130
Bicarbonatemg/L108
TurbidityNTU35.2
Total alkalinitymg/L as CaCO3108
Chloridemg/L92
CODmg/L344
Kjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as N4.3
Ammonia nitrogenmg/L as N3.4
Total hardnessmg/L as CaCO388
Calcium hardnessmg/L as CaCO352
Calciummg/L20.8
Magnesium hardnessmg/L as CaCO336
Magnesiummg/L8.8
Sulphatemg/L12
Sodiummg/L41
Dissolved solidsmg/L318
Suspended solidsmg/L42
Potassiummg/L3
Fluoridemg/L0.44
Sodium share%49
Sodium adsorption ratio1.9
Orthophosphatemg/L0.53

Latest test, Jul 2026, Mahadevapura Lake-2. Too low to measure: boron, carbonate, phenolphthalein alkalinity

MeasureUnitValue
Water temperature°C25
Dissolved oxygenmg/L1.7
pH7.1
ConductivityµS/cm758
BODmg/L27
Nitratemg/L as N2.6
Nitritemg/L as N0.09
Faecal coliformMPN/100mL630
Total coliformMPN/100mL2,100
Bicarbonatemg/L128
TurbidityNTU23.7
Total alkalinitymg/L as CaCO3128
Chloridemg/L172
CODmg/L176
Kjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as N4.4
Ammonia nitrogenmg/L as N3.4
Total hardnessmg/L as CaCO3180
Calcium hardnessmg/L as CaCO396
Calciummg/L38.4
Magnesium hardnessmg/L as CaCO384
Magnesiummg/L20.4
Sulphatemg/L26
Sodiummg/L66
Dissolved solidsmg/L510
Suspended solidsmg/L30
Phosphatemg/L1.2
Potassiummg/L12
Fluoridemg/L0.41
Sodium share%43
Sodium adsorption ratio2.1
Orthophosphatemg/L3.4

Every month the state board tested it

MonthStationClassDissolved oxygenmg/LBODmg/LFaecal coliformMPN/100mLTotal coliformMPN/100mLSource
Jul 2026Doddanekkundi LakeE39317130See source
Jul 2026Mahadevapura Lake-2E1.7276302,100See source
Jun 2026Doddanekkundi LakeD4.161770See source
Jun 2026Mahadevapura Lake-2E2287903,500See source
May 2026Doddanekkundi LakeE0.8312094See source
May 2026Mahadevapura Lake-2E2.1382,1009,400See source
Apr 2026Doddanekkundi LakeE242See source
Apr 2026Mahadevapura Lake-2D5.754705,400See source
Mar 2026Doddanekkundi LakeD5.15140700See source
Mar 2026Mahadevapura Lake-2D5.152,0009,400See source
Feb 2026Doddanekkundi LakeE1.1154901,500See source
Feb 2026Mahadevapura Lake-2E1.638841,600See source
Jan 2026Doddanekkundi LakeD5.351779See source
Jan 2026Mahadevapura Lake-2D5.783,80012,000See source
Dec 2025Doddanekkundi LakeD5.242,1004,600See source
Dec 2025Mahadevapura Lake-2E1.5283,30014,000See source
Nov 2025Doddanekkundi LakeE4.4649170See source
Nov 2025Mahadevapura Lake-2E1.9294702,800See source
Oct 2025Doddanekkundi LakeD643,10015,000See source
Oct 2025Mahadevapura Lake-2D6.142101,400See source
Sep 2025Doddanekkundi LakeD5.2101,7009,400See source
Sep 2025Mahadevapura Lake-2D5.192302,800See source
Aug 2025Doddanekkundi LakeD5.662,10013,000See source
Aug 2025Mahadevapura Lake-2E3202,20013,000See source
Jul 2025Doddanekkundi LakeD6.841270See source
Jul 2025Mahadevapura Lake-2D4.683,1007,000See source
Jun 2025Doddanekkundi LakeD5.8524920See source
Jun 2025Mahadevapura Lake-2E2172403,500See source
May 2025Doddanekkundi LakeD5.662,10011,000See source
May 2025Mahadevapura Lake-2E702604,300See source
Apr 2025Doddanekkundi LakeD562202,400See source
Apr 2025Mahadevapura Lake-2E772,60012,000See source
Mar 2025Doddanekkundi LakeD4.65120790See source
Feb 2025Doddanekkundi LakeD5.4513110See source
Jan 2025Doddanekkundi LakeD7423920See source
Dec 2024Doddanekkundi LakeD6.641402,200See source
Nov 2024Doddanekkundi LakeD6.651504,300See source
Oct 2024Doddanekkundi LakeE1.3203205,400See source
Sep 2024Doddanekkundi LakeD5.851,2007,900See source
Aug 2024Doddanekkundi LakeD5.464309,200See source
Jul 2024Doddanekkundi LakeD6.253103,500See source
May 2024Doddanekkundi LakeE1.781,50,0004,80,000See source
Apr 2024Doddanekkundi LakeD4.472601,700See source
Mar 2024Doddanekkundi LakeD4.4112,2007,000See source
Feb 2024Doddanekkundi LakeD4.791,3004,900See source
Jan 2024Doddanekkundi LakeD5.673302,400See source
Dec 2023Doddanekkundi LakeD4.682,30024,000See source
Oct 2023Doddanekkundi LakeD4.247009,200See source

Older tests

DateWhereReadingWater temperature°CDissolved oxygenmg/LpHConductivityµS/cmBODmg/LNitrate and nitritemg/L as NFaecal coliformMPN/100mLTotal coliformMPN/100mLSource
2021Doddanakundi Tank, TankLowest253.36.557441.13,30035,000See source
2021Doddanakundi Tank, TankHighest256.17.82,730104.549,0002,40,000See source

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-29Inlet26.37.199068012124.83643217350
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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
3.40 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

The public

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Taken for

Temple

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Where it is encroached

On the south-east side

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Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

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Other problems noted

Borwell

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

76% built, 11% trees, 5% crops, 4% shrubs, 2% grass, 1% 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 lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
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Overflows into

Varthur Lake

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Catchment
20.3 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

4 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 5 culverts, no check dams and 2 islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Kaggadasapura STP

2.3 km away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
203 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Black Drongo, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Ashy Prinia and Common Myna.

1,26,735 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
324 species

1,26,957 records, 2014 to 2026

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Threatened species seen here
9
  • Spot-billed Pelican near threatened
  • Greater spotted eagle vulnerable
  • River Tern vulnerable
  • Indian Roller near threatened
  • Woolly-necked Stork near threatened
  • Red-necked Falcon near threatened
  • Pallid Harrier near threatened
  • Black Poui vulnerable
  • Indian Spotted Eagle near threatened
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Photographed on iNaturalist
1,265 times

334 species, 908 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Grey Heron, Gray-headed Swamphen, Little Egret, White-throated Kingfisher and Purple Heron.

Last seen Sep 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and free floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, vacant land, apartment, park, railway track & temple

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Photos

Doddanekundi Kere, photographed in 2016
Psubhashish Panigrahi / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2016
Doddanekundi Kere, photographed in 2016
Subhashish Panigrahi / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2016

Where it is

Ward 43
Dodda Nekkundi

ದೊಡ್ಡ ನೆಕ್ಕುಂಡಿ

Bengaluru East corporation, Mahadevapura assembly seat

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Village
Doddanekkudi

KR Puram hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

200 (Doddanekundi), 25 (Kaggadasapur a), 13 (Vibhutipura)

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Height above sea level
880 m
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Coordinates

12.9746° N, 77.6887° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
116
2018 lake survey
BUBEKRddk_kr6-691
Lake Development Authority
LDA128
KGIS tank map
660
Water bodies census
2/12/002/253189/026056/001
City lake monitoring site
201