Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Amrutnagar Lake

In Anjanapura ward, Bengaluru South

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Size
9.16 acresAbout 5.2 football pitches
Rank by size
795th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Suvarnamukhi
Who looks after it
Nobody on record looks after it
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
5% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1946 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1945 to 2026.

  1. 1945

    On the survey map

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  2. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 27% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    20% of its water area has since gone dry; 14% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly water every year

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

    See source

  5. 2025-2026

    Part dry or built, part open water after the monsoon; mostly open water in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 40% open water
    • 14% floating weed
    • 46% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 83% open water
    • 8% floating weed
    • 9% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

Drawn outline
9.16 acres

About 5.2 football pitches

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End to end
384 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
5%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land within 500 m

26% built, 18% grass, 18% shrubs, 17% trees, 13% crops, 7% bare ground, 2% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Nobody on record looks after it.

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Suvarnamukhi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

O.B.Chudanahalli Lake

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Catchment
0.6 km²

The land that drains into it

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What lives here

Birds recorded
9 species

Most seen: Purple Heron, Rock Pigeon, Large-billed Crow, Black Drongo and Brahminy Kite.

18 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
9 species

18 records, all in 2018

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Photographed on iNaturalist
5 times

1 species.

Most seen: wild turmeric.

Last seen May 2026

See source

Around it

Nothing on record about what is around it.

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 40
Anjanapura

ಅಂಜನಾಪುರ

Bengaluru South corporation, Bangalore South assembly seat

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Height above sea level
881 m
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Coordinates

12.8480° N, 77.5603° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
904
KGIS tank map
1054