Lakes of Bendakaluru
No outline on record
Only this point is known

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Dommasandra Govt. Lake-2

Kere, a large tank, in Dommasandra village, Anekal taluk

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Size in the 2018 survey
3.73 acresAbout 2.1 football pitches
Rank by size
1100th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
9% encroached2018 survey

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1887 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1886 to 2026.

  1. 1886

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough

    See sourceSee source

  4. 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

    See source

  5. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    9% encroached, 3.73 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 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
    See source

How big it is

2018 lake survey
3.73 acres

About 2.1 football pitches

See source
Deepest point, 2018
1 m
See source
Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
See source

How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
2 readings
See source
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
2017-12-04Inlet26.268.11,18736982123.74.6968.440.114170
2017-12-04Outlet21.98.76075074145.35.5164.011.17900
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How much is built over

Encroached by

Government agencies and the public

See source
Taken for

Road, houses

See source
Where it is encroached

On the east and west side

See source
Dumped in it

Construction debris, garbage

See source
Land within 500 m

47% built, 28% crops, 10% shrubs, 9% trees, 5% grass, 1% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

See source
Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
7 species

Most seen: Purple Sunbird, Rock Pigeon, House Crow, Black Kite and Black Drongo.

11 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
7 species

11 records, all in 2024

See source
Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies

See source
Water plants, 2018 survey

Rooted floating

See source
Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, vacant land, temple & agriculture

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Dommasandra

Sarjapura hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

232

See source
Height above sea level
912 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8858° N, 77.7419° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUAKSPdms_kr17-951