Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Doddebele Kere

ಕೋನಸಂದ್ರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Govt. Gangashetty kere, Konasandra Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Kengeri Kote ward ward, Bengaluru West

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Size
28.6 acresAbout 16 football pitches
Rank by size
325th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.3% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 2% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1913, 1915 to 1954, 1956 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1904 to 2026.

  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1914

    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. 1973

    On the survey map

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  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 14% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    2% of its water area has since gone dry; 49% is new water

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

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  6. 2011

    Restored

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  7. 2017-2025

    Mostly water 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

    2% encroached, clean and polluted, 37.4 acres surveyed

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  9. 2024

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

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  10. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 64% open water
    • 17% floating weed
    • 19% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 73% open water
    • 11% floating weed
    • 16% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
28.6 acres

About 16 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
37.4 acres

About 21 football pitches

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End to end
577 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 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
Clean and polluted
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-east and 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°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2018-02-0626.998.81,0346164739.811.215.65.020.718.21,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.3%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.00 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Road and Vacant

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Taken for

Government & private

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Where it is encroached

On the east and south-east side

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

34% trees, 23% crops, 21% built, 16% shrubs, 5% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
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
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
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Overflows into

Vrishabhavathi river

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Catchment
3.6 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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Used for, 2018 survey

Fishing

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Hemmigepura 13 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

544 m away, treats 13 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
87 species

Most seen: Purple Heron, Little Cormorant, Little Egret, Black Kite and Western Swamphen.

786 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
87 species

786 records, 2011 to 2024

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Photographed on iNaturalist
19 times

10 species, 11 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Purple Heron, Grey Heron, Ditch Jewel, Indian Black Ant and Silky Sugar ant.

Last seen Jun 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Layout, plantation, vacant land, school & masjid

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 20
Kengeri Kote ward

ಕೆಂಗೇರಿ ಕೋಟೆ ವಾರ್ಡ್

Bengaluru West corporation, Yeshwanthapura assembly seat

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Village
Chowdenapura

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

15 (Chudenapura), 61 (Hemmigepura)

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Height above sea level
786 m
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Coordinates

12.8921° N, 77.4839° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
333
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGcwp_kr1-1181
KGIS tank map
1234
City lake monitoring site
109