Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kadusonnappanahalli Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Kada Sonappanahalli village, Bengaluru East taluk

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Size
2.17 acresAbout 1.2 football pitches
Rank by size
DisappearedGone by 2015
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1958, 1960 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1927 to 2026.
  1. 1927

    Not on the survey map

  2. 1959

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

  3. 1978

    Not on the survey map

  4. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    Water in 3% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 42% is new water

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

  5. 2015

    Gone by 2015, says the 2018 lake survey

    14.9 acres surveyed

  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

  7. 2017-2025

    No one cover holds over half of it in most years

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

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water 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

    • 91% open water
    • 4% floating weed
    • 4% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 98% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 2% dry or built

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
2.17 acres

About 1.2 football pitches

2018 lake survey
14.9 acres

About 8.4 football pitches

End to end
174 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank

What took its place

On the site now
Houses, layout & agriculture land
Filled in by

The public, private owners and farmers

Around it in 2018

School, layout, agriculture & quarry pit

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Land within 500 m

67% crops, 16% built, 6% grass, 5% shrubs, 4% trees, 2% bare ground, 1% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

Where its water comes from and goes

Where its water comes from and goes is not on record.

What lives here

No wildlife records from this lake yet.

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
Village
Kada Sonappanahalli

Bidarahalli hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

8

Height above sea level
912 m
Coordinates

13.0993° N, 77.6683° E

Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
20
2018 lake survey
BUBEBDkds_kr2-842
Lake Development Authority
LDA247
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000005/000002/001