Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kannaikana Agrahara Kere

Also called Dasappana Kere

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

See it on the map

Size

4.21 acresAbout 2.4 football pitches

Rank by size

1066th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist

Valley

Suvarnamukhi

Who looks after it

BDABangalore Development Authority

Water quality

Not tested for water quality yet

Built over

0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1924 to 1954, 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

Water seen by satellite each year, up to 0.74 acres

What covers it each year:waterbuilt on or bareplants or weed

1923

1955

1980

1984

1923
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1955
On the U.S. Army map
Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46
See source
1980
Not on the survey map
See source
1984-2021
Held water most years
Water in 18% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024
0% of its water area has since gone dry; 50% is new water
The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough
See source See source
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
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
Clean, 3.80 acres surveyed
See source
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
100% open water
0% floating weed
0% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
100% open water
0% floating weed
0% dry or built
See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline

4.21 acres

About 2.4 football pitches

2018 lake survey

3.80 acres

About 2.2 football pitches

End to end

208 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

2 m

Kind of lake

Kere, a large tank

How clean the water is

State pollution board

Not tested by the state board

How it looked in 2018

Clean

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18

1 readings

Every reading

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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
2018-01-09		22.4	9	8.4	487	244	31	14.7	7.8	16	0.54	0.6	11.2	170

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Land within 500 m

37% shrubs, 29% trees, 17% crops, 9% grass, 7% built, 1% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley

Suvarnamukhi

The river basin its water drains to

Overflows into

Rayaradoddi Lake

Catchment

0.6 km²

The land that drains into it

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

What lives here

All wildlife recorded

1 species

1 records, all in 2023

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

Around it

Around it in 2018

Vacant land, coconut & mango plantation

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru

Outside the city limits

Village

Kannaikana Agrahara

Jigani hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

16

Height above sea level

856 m

Coordinates

12.8394° N, 77.5538° E

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OpenStreetMap

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Its number in each record

2018 lake survey: BUAKJGkka_kr1-1090
KGIS tank map: 1046