Lakes of Bendakaluru
No outline on record
Only this point is known

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Ramasandra Kere

Also called Here kere

Kere, a large tank, in Ramasandra village, Bengaluru South taluk

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Size in the 2018 survey
140 acresAbout 80 football pitches
Rank by size
49th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
No survey of building on record

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1913, 1915 to 1954, 1956 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1903 to 2026.

  1. 1903

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1914

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  4. 1973

    On the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 21% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    2% of its water area has since gone dry; 7% is new water

    The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough

    See sourceSee source

  6. 2017-2025

    No one cover holds over half of it in most years

    The lake is known only as a point or is under a quarter acre, so the shares are rough

    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

    Clean, 140 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon; mostly floating weed in the dry season

    The lake is small for these images, so treat the shares as rough

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 100% floating weed
    • 0% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

2018 lake survey
140 acres

About 80 football pitches

See source
Deepest point, 2018
3 m
See source
Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
See source

How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Clean
See source

How much is built over

Encroached area, 2017
0.68 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

See source
Other problems noted

Soil Excavation

See source
Land record maps
See source
Land within 500 m

28% crops, 22% built, 20% shrubs, 14% trees, 9% water, 7% grass, 0.5% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

See source
City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Water comes from
See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

See source
Built parts, 2018 survey

5 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, 1 culvert, no check dams and no islands

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

STP-1

528 m away

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
122 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Little Grebe, Brahminy Kite, Little Cormorant and Indian Peafowl.

2,138 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
125 species

2,141 records, 1992 to 2026

See source
Threatened species seen here
4
  • Indian Roller near threatened
  • River Tern vulnerable
  • Greater spotted eagle vulnerable
  • East Indian kino near threatened
See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
3 times

3 species, 3 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Coromandel Marsh Dart, Dot-underwing Moth and Brahminy Kite.

Last seen Aug 2023

See source
Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

See source
Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and free floating

See source
Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Layout, vacant land, plantation, settlement, agriculture & brick facory

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Ramasandra

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

159 (Ramasandra), 36 (Kenchnapura), 37 (Kannahali)

See source
Height above sea level
816 m
See source
Coordinates

12.9499° N, 77.4612° E

See source

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGrms_kr5-1282
City lake monitoring site
95