Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kade Agrahara Lake

Also called Kada Agrahara Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Kada Agrahara village, Anekal taluk

See it on the map
Size
14.1 acresAbout 8 football pitches
Rank by size
595th 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
0.1% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 2% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1924 to 1954, 1956 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1923 to 2026.

  1. 1923

    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

    See source

  3. 1973

    On the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

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  5. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed in most years

    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

    See source

  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    2% encroached, muddy, 14.9 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

    • 1% open water
    • 88% floating weed
    • 11% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0.4% open water
    • 63% floating weed
    • 36% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
14.1 acres

About 8 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
14.9 acres

About 8.5 football pitches

See source
End to end
365 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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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
Muddy
See source
Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
See source
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
2017-12-0425.187.4192934134.42.8167.30.1030
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.1%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached by

Farmers and private owners

See source
Taken for

Agriculture & layout

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Where it is encroached

On the south-west, north-east and south-east side

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Dumped in it

Stone dump, construction debris

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Land within 500 m

49% crops, 22% built, 12% grass, 8% trees, 6% shrubs, 4% bare ground

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
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Sompura Kere W

See source
Catchment
1.7 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation and cattle feeding

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What lives here

Birds recorded
31 species

Most seen: Blyth's Reed Warbler, White-cheeked Barbet, Common Myna, Greater Coucal and Rock Pigeon.

45 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
43 species

60 records, 2018 to 2025

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Photographed on iNaturalist
48 times

21 species, 18 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Brown Widow, Rock Pigeon, Ferguson squathopper, Polionemobius taprobanensis and Brown Mustard.

Last seen Jul 2025

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Submerged

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Eucalyptus plantation, agriculture land, layout & vacant land

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Kada Agrahara

Sarjapura hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

48

See source
Height above sea level
895 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8602° N, 77.7631° E

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Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
836
2018 lake survey
BUAKSPkag_kr2-983
KGIS tank map
567
Water bodies census
2/12/002/253189/026042/003