Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics
Gramadakere
Also called Kodathi kere
Kere, a large tank, in Kodathi village, Bengaluru East taluk
See it on the mapThrough the years
Nothing on record for 1929 to 1944, 1946 to 1954, 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.
1928
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
1945
On the survey map
1955
On the U.S. Army map
Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46
1980
On the survey map
1984-2021
Held water in 24 of 38 years
Water in 3% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024
Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry
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
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
2% encroached, muddy, 78.0 acres surveyed
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
- 61% floating weed
- 40% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
- 0% open water
- 27% floating weed
- 73% dry or built
How big it is
The records disagree on its size, so each measure is shown.
How clean the water is
How much is built over
Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment
31% built, 29% crops, 21% shrubs, 13% trees, 5% grass, 0.5% bare ground
From satellite land cover, 2021
Who looks after it
Where its water comes from and goes
4 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, 3 culverts, no check dams and no islands
What lives here
Around it
Photos
No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.
Where it is
Read more
- ATREE lake map
- 180
- 2018 lake survey
- BUBEVRkdt_kr3-575
- Lake Development Authority
- LDA295
- KGIS tank map
- 712