Lakes of Bendakaluru
On the site now
BMTC & KSRTC bus depot, road, southern roadways, buildings

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Sunnakall Kere

Also called K100

Kere, a large tank, in Hombegowda Nagara ward, Bengaluru Central

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Size in the 2018 survey
116 acresAbout 66 football pitches
Rank by size
DisappearedGone by 2016
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
No survey of building on record

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1954, 1956 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

  2. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

  3. 1980

    Not on the survey map

  4. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

  5. 2016

    Gone by 2016, says the 2018 lake survey

    116 acres surveyed

  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

    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

  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and 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
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built

How big it is

2018 lake survey
116 acres

About 66 football pitches

Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank

What took its place

On the site now
BMTC & KSRTC bus depot, road, southern roadways, buildings
Filled in by

Government agencies and the public

Around it in 2018

Urban, buildings, shantinagara busstand & BBMP graveyard

Surveyor's note, 2018

79.32- Sy no 33 as per RTC, 27.0-Sy no 1 as per SSLR, 9.26-sy no 10 as per SSLR

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Land within 500 m

73% built, 23% trees, 1% crops, 1% shrubs, 0.9% grass, 0.8% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

Where its water comes from and goes

Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sewage Treatment Plant

1.3 km away

What lives here

Birds recorded
28 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Common Myna, Rock Pigeon, Large-billed Crow and House Crow.

53 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
76 species

114 records, 2014 to 2026

Threatened species seen here
1
  • Caterpillar Slug endangered
Photographed on iNaturalist
114 times

63 species, 62 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Red Pierrot, Ladder brake, black maidenhair fern, Tailed Jay and Gaudy Baron.

Last seen Aug 2026

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 35
Hombegowda Nagara

ಹೊಂಬೇಗೌಡ ನಗರ

Bengaluru Central corporation, Chickpet assembly seat

Village
Audugodi

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

33 (Adugodi), 1 (Arekempanahalli-Kasaba), 10 (Annipura-Kasaba)

Height above sea level
903 m
Coordinates

12.9536° N, 77.5921° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBSBGadu_kr3-1394