Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Konadaspur Lake

Also called Konadasapura kere, Konadasapura lake

Kere, a large tank, in Konadasapura village, Bengaluru East taluk

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Size
6.36 acresAbout 3.6 football pitches
Rank by size
935th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
2% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 5% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1921, 1923 to 1973 and 1975 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1914 to 2026.

  1. 1914

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1922

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  3. 1974

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 6% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    15% of its water area has since gone dry; 12% 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 water every year

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

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  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    5% encroached, muddy, 8.57 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Part floating weed, part open water after the monsoon; mostly floating weed in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 36% open water
    • 38% floating weed
    • 26% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 18% open water
    • 54% floating weed
    • 28% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
6.36 acres

About 3.6 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
8.57 acres

About 4.9 football pitches

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End to end
317 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2 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
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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
2017-11-2926.787.96224322224.54.2327.70.1161,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
2%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached by

Nites Estate Buildes

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Taken for

Reserved to construct apartment

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Where it is encroached

On the north-west and ws side

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Dumped in it

Construction debris

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Land within 500 m

42% built, 36% crops, 9% trees, 7% shrubs, 3% grass, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Katamnalluru Kere

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Catchment
0.3 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drin feed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain and 1 sluice gate

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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, Indian Pond-Heron, Black Drongo, Eurasian Coot and Green Bee-eater.

36 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
25 species

36 records, 2019 to 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture & vacant land

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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
Konadasapura

Bidarahalli hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

1, 2, 5

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Height above sea level
896 m
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Coordinates

13.0475° N, 77.7555° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
1089
2018 lake survey
BUBEBDkdp_kr5-887
KGIS tank map
732
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000005/000040/001