Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Bhaktarahalli Lake

See it on the map
Size
15.2 acresAbout 8.6 football pitches
Rank by size
559th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Arkavathi
Who looks after it
Nobody on record looks after it
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1956 to 1974 and 1976 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1955 to 2026.

  1. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  2. 1975

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 37% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    6% of its water area has since gone dry; 12% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly water in most years

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

    See source

  5. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 75% open water
    • 13% floating weed
    • 12% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 36% open water
    • 17% floating weed
    • 46% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

Drawn outline
15.2 acres

About 8.6 football pitches

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End to end
412 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
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land within 500 m

79% crops, 15% shrubs, 6% grass, 0.6% 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
Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Rampura Lake

See source
Catchment
1.6 km²

The land that drains into it

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What lives here

Birds recorded
39 species

Most seen: Green Bee-eater, Eastern Red-rumped Swallow, Red-vented Bulbul, Pied Bushchat and Red-wattled Lapwing.

61 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
39 species

61 records, all in 2023

See source
Threatened species seen here
1
  • Rufous-tailed Lark near threatened
See source

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
914 m
See source
Coordinates

13.3188° N, 77.4244° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
1240