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Kaggadasapura Lake
ಕಗ್ಗದಾಸಪುರ ಕೆರೆ
Also called Kaggadasapura kere
Kere, a large tank, in Kaggadasapura ward, Bengaluru Central
See it on the mapThrough the years
Nothing on record for 1946 to 1954, 1956 to 1961, 1963 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.
1945
On the survey map
1955
On the U.S. Army map
Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46
1962
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
1980
On the survey map
1984-2021
Held water until 1999
Water in 2% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024
0.6% of its water area has since gone dry; 13% is new water
1986
Listed as a live tank by the Lakshman Rau committee
Printed as Kaggadasapura Tank, tank 307
17.74 ha, as printed in the 1986 report
Among the tanks between Madras Road and Hosur Road
Work to be done by: Forest Dept
- Condition
- “The tank is located to east of Kaggadasapura near Salen Railway line”
- Land use the 1984 development plan proposed
- “Park > oper speces”
- What the committee recommended
- “Foreshore planting. To develop tree park when the surrounding area gets deva- Loped”
Quoted from a scan of the report, so the words may carry reading errors
2017-2018
In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached
This census's status marks are often wrong
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
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
3% encroached, sewage, 50.5 acres surveyed
Restored, year not recorded
2024
On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP
2025-2026
Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season
After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025
- 80% open water
- 12% floating weed
- 9% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
- 76% open water
- 4% floating weed
- 20% dry or built
How big it is
The records disagree on its size, so each measure is shown.
How clean the water is
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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey
| Date | Where | Water temperature°C | Light transparencycm | pH | ConductivityµS/cm | Dissolved solidsmg/L | Suspended solidsmg/L | TurbidityNTU | Dissolved oxygenmg/L | CODmg/L | BODmg/L | Total phosphate | Kjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as N | Total coliformMPN/100mL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-30 | Inlet | 24.2 | 6 | 7.1 | 1,249 | 814 | 176 | 20.3 | 0.4 | 128 | 30.7 | 2.4 | 49 | 17 |
| 2017-11-30 | Outlet | 24.3 | 22 | 7 | 1,288 | 814 | 35.8 | 262.5 | 0.2 | 96 | 23 | 1.5 | 49 | 1,600 |
How much is built over
Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment
75% built, 19% trees, 2% crops, 2% shrubs, 1% grass, 0.5% bare ground
From satellite land cover, 2021
Who looks after it
Where its water comes from and goes
3 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 2 culverts, no check dams and no islands
What lives here
Most seen: Black Kite, Western Swamphen, Common Myna, Indian Pond-Heron and Rock Pigeon.
1,358 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers
36 species, 40 confirmed by other naturalists.
Most seen: Ashy Prinia, Indian Spot-billed Duck, Oriental Darter, Grey Heron and Grass Webworm Moth.
Last seen Jan 2026
Around it
Photos
No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.
Where it is
ಕಗ್ಗದಾಸಪುರ
Bengaluru Central corporation, C.V. Raman Nagar assembly seat
Read more
Lakes and tanks in the metropolitan area of Greater Bangalore and the district of Bangalore Urban are reservoirs of varying sizes constructed over a number of centuries by various empires and dynasties for rainwater harvesting. Historically, these reservoirs were primarily either irrigation tanks or for the water supply, with secondary uses such as bathing and washing. The need for creating and sustaining these man-made dammed freshwater reservoirs was created by the absence of a major river nearby coupled with a growing settlement. As Bangalore grew from a small settlement into a city, both of the primary historical uses of the tanks changed. Agricultural land witnessed urbanization and alternate sources of water were provisioned, such as through borewells, piped reservoir water and later river water from further away.
- ATREE lake map
- 130
- 2018 lake survey
- BUBEKRkgd_kr1-710
- Lake Development Authority
- LDA248
- KGIS tank map
- 766
- Water bodies census
- 2/12/002/253189/026028/001
- City lake monitoring site
- 223