Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Dommasandra Kere S

Also called Dommasandra Kunte-3, Yamare Lake

Kunte, a small pond, in Dommasandra village, Anekal taluk

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Size
26.0 acresAbout 15 football pitches
Rank by size
354th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1887 to 1954, 1956 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

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

  1. 1886

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  3. 1973

    On the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 21 of 38 years

    Water in 0.1% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

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

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  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed every year

    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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  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Sewage, 0.30 acres surveyed

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  7. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 82% floating weed
    • 18% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0.9% open water
    • 18% floating weed
    • 81% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
26.0 acres

About 15 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
0.30 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

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End to end
610 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2 m
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Kind of lake
Kunte, a small pond
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How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Sewage
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land within 500 m

40% crops, 30% built, 12% shrubs, 10% trees, 8% grass, 1% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

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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

Valagerekalahalli Kere

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Catchment
4.9 km²

The land that drains into it

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Built parts, 2018 survey

No inlet drains, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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What lives here

Birds recorded
26 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Common Iora, White-breasted Waterhen, Indian Pond-Heron and Eastern Red-rumped Swallow.

26 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
26 species

26 records, all in 2023

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emargent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Ag, school, settlement

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Dommasandra

Sarjapura hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

214

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Height above sea level
902 m
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Coordinates

12.8748° N, 77.7571° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
450
2018 lake survey
BUAKSPdms_ku3-937
KGIS tank map
697