Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Doddatogur Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Dodda Thoguru village, Bengaluru South taluk

See it on the map
Size
26.4 acresAbout 15 football pitches
Rank by size
349th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.5% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 10% encroached.
Campaign
Residents are organising here

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

    See source

  3. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  4. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water in 21 of 38 years

    Water in 5% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    2% of its water area has since gone dry; 12% is new water

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

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  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2023

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

    See source

  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    10% encroached, polluted, 52.5 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 25% open water
    • 64% floating weed
    • 11% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 22% open water
    • 9% floating weed
    • 68% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
26.4 acres

About 15 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
52.5 acres

About 30 football pitches

See source
End to end
622 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3.5 m
See source
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
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage & human defecation

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south-west and south-east

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

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2018-01-10Inlet24.47.81,9641,3668418.80.619229.560.257.41,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.5%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
12.3 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

The public, farmers and government agencies

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Taken for

Graveyard, houses, road & agriculture, NICE road

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Where it is encroached

On the south-west, south and north side

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Dumped in it

Garbage dump, construction debris

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Other problems noted

RTC- Sy no 13 & 43-land is leased out to NICEL by KIADB, Sy no-91 land of 2.10 a-g is reserved for govt school & play ground

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

62% built, 18% trees, 12% crops, 4% grass, 3% shrubs, 1% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
Campaign pages
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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Doddanagamanagala Lake

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Catchment
4.6 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

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

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Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation and cattle feeding

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What lives here

Birds recorded
55 species

Most seen: Indian Pond-Heron, Black Kite, Western Swamphen, Little Egret and Common Myna.

204 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
55 species

204 records, 2012 to 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent, free floating and rooted floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, settlement, vacant land, graveyard & NICE road

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Dodda Thoguru

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

13 (Doddatogur), 91 (Konappana Agrahara), 43 (Beratena Agrahara)

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Height above sea level
917 m
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Coordinates

12.8567° N, 77.6600° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
290
2018 lake survey
BUBSBGddt_kr1-1428
Lake Development Authority
LDA130
KGIS tank map
980