Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kasagattapura Kere 1

Also called Kasagattapura Kere 3, Devana kere

Kere, a large tank, in Kasaghattapura village, Bengaluru North taluk

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Size
6.44 acresAbout 3.7 football pitches
Rank by size
930th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Arkavathi
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 1% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1919 to 1926, 1928 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1918 to 2026.

  1. 1918

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1927

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1978

    On the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 7 of 38 years

    Water in 0.2% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    6% of its water area has since gone dry; 0% is new water

    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

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  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2023

    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

    1% encroached, polluted, 10.8 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Part floating weed, part dry or built after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 22% open water
    • 41% floating weed
    • 37% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 10% open water
    • 4% floating weed
    • 86% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
6.44 acres

About 3.7 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
10.8 acres

About 6.1 football pitches

See source
End to end
251 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 m
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Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
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How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Polluted
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage & agriculture runoff

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-east

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
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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
2017-11-2329.647.4573543327.57.624057.60.131,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.38 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Government agencies and the public

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Taken for

Road, house & plantation

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Where it is encroached

On the west, south and south-east side

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Dumped in it

Garbage & biomedical waste

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation & Borewell

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

62% crops, 17% trees, 11% shrubs, 8% built, 2% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Mallikere

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Catchment
0.7 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation

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What lives here

Birds recorded
63 species

Most seen: Common Myna, House Crow, Black Drongo, Oriental Magpie-Robin and White-throated Kingfisher.

200 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
64 species

201 records, 2017 to 2024

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Indian Roller near threatened
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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, layout & houses

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Kasaghattapura

Hesaraghatta hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

19

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Height above sea level
867 m
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Coordinates

13.1178° N, 77.5025° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
196
2018 lake survey
BUBNHGkst_kr4-397
Lake Development Authority
LDA275
KGIS tank map
902
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000002/000088/001