Lakes of Bendakaluru
On the site now
Coconut plantation

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Doddanekundi Kere1

Kere, a large tank, in Bharath Aikya Ward ward, Bengaluru East

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Size in the 2018 survey
12.7 acresAbout 7.2 football pitches
Rank by size
DisappearedGone by 2015
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
Nobody on record looks after it
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
No survey of building on record

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 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

  2. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

  3. 1980

    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. 2015

    Gone by 2015, says the 2018 lake survey

    12.7 acres surveyed

  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

    The lake is known only as a point or is under a quarter acre, so the shares are rough

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

  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

2018 lake survey
12.7 acres

About 7.2 football pitches

Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank

What took its place

On the site now
Coconut plantation
Filled in by

Farmers

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Land within 500 m

76% built, 15% trees, 4% bare ground, 2% shrubs, 2% grass, 1% crops

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Nobody on record looks after it.

Where its water comes from and goes

Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sewage Treatment Plant

1.1 km away

What lives here

Birds recorded
1 species

Most seen: Common Myna.

1 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
2 species

2 records, 2019 to 2025

Photographed on iNaturalist
3 times

3 species, 3 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Common Myna, Flame of The Forest and Common Evening Brown.

Last seen Sep 2026

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 36
Bharath Aikya Ward

ಭಾರತ್ ಐಕ್ಯ ವಾರ್ಡ್

Bengaluru East corporation, Mahadevapura assembly seat

Village
Doddanekkudi

KR Puram hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

78

Height above sea level
908 m
Coordinates

12.9721° N, 77.7096° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBEKRddk_kr4-689