Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kuppareddy Kere

Also called Thathaguni Agara Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Badamanavarthakaval (P2) village, Bengaluru South taluk

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Size
6.79 acresAbout 3.8 football pitches
Rank by size
909th 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
0.9% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 6% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1944, 1946 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1904 to 2026.

  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1945

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 16% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 46% is new water

    4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake

    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 in most years

    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

    6% encroached, clean, 16.5 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon; mostly floating weed in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 98% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 2% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 4% open water
    • 96% floating weed
    • 0% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
6.79 acres

About 3.8 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
16.5 acres

About 9.4 football pitches

See source
End to end
480 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
Clean
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.9%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.96 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Government agencies

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Taken for

Road

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Where it is encroached

On the west side

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Dumped in it

Garbage, construction debris, BMW, burning & industrial wastes

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation

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Land within 500 m

47% trees, 25% shrubs, 17% built, 6% grass, 4% crops, 2% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Suvarnamukhi

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

B.M. Kavalu Hosakere

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Catchment
0.7 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 1 culvert, no check dams and no islands

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What lives here

Birds recorded
54 species

Most seen: Little Grebe, Little Egret, Indian Pond-Heron, Little Cormorant and Intermediate egret.

150 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
54 species

150 records, 1992 to 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Forest, NH road, vacant land & settlement

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Photos

Kuppareddy Kere, photographed in 2025
Gpkp / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2025
Kuppareddy Kere, photographed in 2025
Gpkp / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2025
Kuppareddy Kere, photographed in 2025
Gpkp / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2025
Kuppareddy Kere, photographed in 2025
Gpkp / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2025
Kuppareddy Kere, photographed in 2025
Gpkp / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2025
Kuppareddy Kere, photographed in 2025
Gpkp / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2025
Kuppareddy Kere, photographed in 2025
Gpkp / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2025
Kuppareddy Kere, photographed in 2025
Gpkp / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2025

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Badamanavarthakaval (P2)

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

129

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Height above sea level
820 m
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Coordinates

12.8416° N, 77.5196° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
7
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGbvk_kr10-1168
Lake Development Authority
LDA319
KGIS tank map
1174
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000003/000031/001