Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Benachikal Lake

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Size
1.69 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1290th 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

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1984 to 2026.

  1. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

    See sourceSee source

  2. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2020

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

    See source

  3. 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
    • 31% floating weed
    • 69% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

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

How big it is

Drawn outline
1.69 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

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End to end
123 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

39% shrubs, 33% crops, 11% grass, 9% trees, 8% built

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

Guttepalya Lake

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Catchment
0.2 km²

The land that drains into it

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What lives here

Birds recorded
54 species

Most seen: Ashy Prinia, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Common Myna, House Crow and Black Kite.

217 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
54 species

217 records, 2020 to 2024

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Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

1 species.

Most seen: Flame of The Forest.

Last seen Jan 2024

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Around it

Nothing on record about what is around it.

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Height above sea level
765 m
See source
Coordinates

12.7967° N, 77.5327° E

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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
963
KGIS tank map
68