Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Gramada Kere

ದಾಸನಪುರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Dasanapura Kere

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

See it on the map
Size
35.0 acresAbout 20 football pitches
Rank by size
256th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Arkavathi
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 2% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1909 to 1913, 1915 to 1954, 1956 to 1973 and 1975 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1908 to 2026.

  1. 1908

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1914

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  3. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  4. 1974

    On the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 25% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    5% of its water area has since gone dry; 26% is new water

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

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

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  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly water in most years

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

    See source

  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    2% encroached, polluted, 44.8 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 8% open water
    • 81% floating weed
    • 11% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 93% floating weed
    • 7% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
35.0 acres

About 20 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
44.8 acres

About 25 football pitches

See source
End to end
701 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
5 m
See source
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
Polluted
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture runoff

See source
Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south-east

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
2 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
2017-11-23Inlet28518.1618510169.94.88019.20.77220
2017-11-23Outlet277.761450091153.88019.20.47900
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
2.20 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Farmers

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Taken for

Agriculture

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Where it is encroached

On the north-west side

See source
Dumped in it

Religious wastes

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Land record maps
See source
Land within 500 m

36% crops, 29% built, 16% trees, 16% shrubs, 3% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Arkavathi River

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Catchment
17 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain runoff

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, no culverts and no islands

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
54 species

Most seen: Little Cormorant, Common Myna, Little Egret, White-throated Kingfisher and Brahminy Kite.

89 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
54 species

89 records, 2019 to 2024

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Photographed on iNaturalist
4 times

4 species, 3 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Purple Heron, Black Drongo, Laglaise's Garden Spider and Little Cormorant.

Last seen Feb 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Plantation, sheds, agriculture

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Dasanapura

Dasanapura hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

18 (Dasanapura), 15 (Arashinkunte)

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Height above sea level
865 m
See source
Coordinates

13.0808° N, 77.4307° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
287
2018 lake survey
BUBNDPdsp_kr3-463
Lake Development Authority
LDA109
KGIS tank map
7