Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kodagikere

Also called Dommasandra Govt Lake, Dommasandra Govt Lake-1, Dommasandra Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Dommasandra village, Anekal taluk

See it on the map
Size
26.1 acresAbout 15 football pitches
Rank by size
353rd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.2% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 3% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1887 to 1954, 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1886 to 2026.

  1. 1886

    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. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water until 2001

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 0.7% 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. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed every year

    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

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  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    3% encroached, muddy and sewage, 39.5 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 8% open water
    • 51% floating weed
    • 41% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 7% open water
    • 64% floating weed
    • 29% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
26.1 acres

About 15 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
39.5 acres

About 22 football pitches

See source
End to end
508 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
Muddy and sewage
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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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
2017-12-0425.7148.23452112836.24.44817.240.1351,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.2%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
2.10 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Farmers

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Taken for

Agriculture land, graveyard

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Where it is encroached

On the ws side

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Dumped in it

Garbage dump

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

42% crops, 24% built, 15% shrubs, 9% trees, 9% grass, 0.9% bare ground

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
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Dommasandra Kere S

See source
Catchment
3 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, 1 sluice gate, 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
25 species

Most seen: Jungle Myna, Common Myna, Spot-billed duck, Tree Pipit and Gray Heron.

25 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
42 species

61 records, 2021 to 2026

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Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Earpod Wattle.

Last seen Aug 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Rooted floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, settlement, vacant land, plantation & temple

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Dommasandra

Sarjapura hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

66

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Height above sea level
897 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8748° N, 77.7488° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
214
2018 lake survey
BUAKSPdms_kr7-941
Lake Development Authority
LDA131
KGIS tank map
571