Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Bagalagunte Govt.Lake

ಬಾಗಲಗುಂಟೆ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Bagalakunte kere2, Bagalagunte Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Bagalagunte ward, Bengaluru North

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Size
7.37 acresAbout 4.2 football pitches
Rank by size
883rd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Arkavathi
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.6% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 2% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1959, 1961 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1927 to 2026.

  1. 1927

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1960

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  3. 1978

    On the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 23 of 38 years

    Water in 7% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 28% 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 built on or bare 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

    2% encroached, polluted, 13.8 acres surveyed

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  8. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP

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  9. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 80% floating weed
    • 20% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 1% floating weed
    • 99% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
7.37 acres

About 4.2 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
13.8 acres

About 7.8 football pitches

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End to end
263 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
Polluted
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the east

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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.6%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.42 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

The public and government agencies

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Taken for

Road, sheds, plantation & building

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Where it is encroached

On the north-west and south-east side

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Dumped in it

Garbage, plastic & construction debris

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Land within 500 m

83% built, 8% trees, 6% crops, 2% bare ground, 0.7% grass, 0.7% shrubs

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Catchment
0.6 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and 2 islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Nagasandra

1.9 km away, treats 20 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
4 species

Most seen: Black-winged Stilt, Little Egret, Indian Pond-Heron and Little Grebe.

7 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
5 species

8 records, 2023 to 2025

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Photographed on iNaturalist
2 times

2 species, 2 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: blue plumbago and Two-striped Telamonia.

Last seen Sep 2025

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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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

Buildings

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 69
Bagalagunte

ಬಾಗಲಗುಂಟೆ

Bengaluru North corporation, Dasarahalli assembly seat

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Village
Bagalakunte

Yeshwanthpura hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

113

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Height above sea level
884 m
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Coordinates

13.0588° N, 77.4996° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
249
2018 lake survey
BUBNYPbgk_kr5-85
Lake Development Authority
LDA024
KGIS tank map
1146
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1303152/001
City lake monitoring site
42