Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Govt. Katte

Also called Dasanayakanahalli Doddukunte

Kere, a large tank, in Dasanayakanahalli village, Bengaluru North taluk

See it on the map
Size
0.57 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1482nd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 1% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1959 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1958 to 2026.

  1. 1958

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

    See sourceSee source

  3. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2022

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

    See source

  4. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    1% encroached, dry, 3.67 acres surveyed

    See source

  5. 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

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

Drawn outline
0.57 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
2018 lake survey
3.67 acres

About 2.1 football pitches

See source
End to end
67 m

The longest straight line across the outline

See source
Deepest point, 2018
3 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
How it looked in 2018
Dry
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture runoff

See source

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Encroached by

Farmers

See source
Taken for

Agriculture & plantation

See source
Where it is encroached

On the north, east and west side

See source
Dumped in it

Rock dumping

See source
Other problems noted

Rapid soil excavation

See source
Land within 500 m

80% crops, 6% built, 5% shrubs, 4% trees, 4% grass, 0.6% 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

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Overflows into

Mahadevanakodag. Lake

See source
Catchment
0.1 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

See source
Built parts, 2018 survey

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

See source

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Plantation, settlement & agriculture

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Dasanayakanahalli

Jala hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

3

See source
Height above sea level
915 m
See source
Coordinates

13.1203° N, 77.6909° E

See source

Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
195
2018 lake survey
BUBNJLdyk_kr3-347
Lake Development Authority
LDA111