Lakes of Bendakaluru
Where it is
No location on record

Dyavasandra Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Devasandra village, Bengaluru East taluk

Not on the map: no location on record.

Size in the 2018 survey
16.2 acresAbout 9.2 football pitches
Rank by size
538th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
4% encroached2018 survey

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 2017, and nothing since 2018.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1904 to 2026.
  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

  2. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    4% encroached, clean, 16.2 acres surveyed

    Restored, year not recorded

How big it is

2018 lake survey
16.2 acres

About 9.2 football pitches

Deepest point, 2018
3.5 m
Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank

How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Clean
Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north

How much is built over

Encroached area, 2017
0.85 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

Encroached by

Central Government and private owners

Taken for

Railway track & house

Where it is encroached

On the south side

Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

Where its water comes from and goes

Overflows into

Shigehalli Kere

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall & drain upstream

Built parts, 2018 survey

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

Used for, 2018 survey

Fishing

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

Around it

Around it in 2018

Vacant land, layout, shed, graveyard, railway track & buildings

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Village
Devasandra

KR Puram hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

31

Height above sea level
896 m

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBEKRdvs_kr1-684