Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Bhujangadasana Amanikere Govt Lake

Also called Amanikere

Kere, a large tank, in Amanikere Bhujangadasana village, Anekal taluk

See it on the map
Size
43.0 acresAbout 24 football pitches
Rank by size
208th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 1% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1924 to 1944, 1946 to 1954, 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1923 to 2026.

  1. 1923

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1945

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  4. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 35% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    2% of its water area has since gone dry; 26% is new water

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

    Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry

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  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  7. 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

  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    1% encroached, clean, 54.0 acres surveyed

    See source

  9. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 67% open water
    • 29% floating weed
    • 4% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 83% open water
    • 14% floating weed
    • 3% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
43.0 acres

About 24 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
54.0 acres

About 31 football pitches

See source
End to end
837 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 m
See source
Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
See source

How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Clean
See source
Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
2 readings
See source
Every reading
Show every reading

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2018-01-04Inlet20307.523919031303.5166.92.51414
2018-01-04Outlet23.2508.522114287.47.8327.62.428170
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.52 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Encroached by

Farmers

See source
Taken for

Vacant, agriculture

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Where it is encroached

On the north-west, north-east and south-east side

See source
Dumped in it

Agriculture dump, construction debris

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Other problems noted

Soil Excavation

See source
Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

29% trees, 22% crops, 22% grass, 19% built, 6% shrubs, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Jigani Kere

See source
Catchment
7 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

3 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 1 culvert, no check dams and no islands

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
116 species

Most seen: Eurasian Coot, Brahminy Kite, Black Kite, Little Grebe and Red-whiskered Bulbul.

1,195 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
133 species

1,213 records, 2011 to 2024

See source
Threatened species seen here
2
  • River Tern vulnerable
  • Greater spotted eagle vulnerable
See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
68 times

37 species, 40 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Eurasian Coot, Purple Heron, Little Egret, Kamala and Bronze-winged Jacana.

Last seen Nov 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, plantation vacant land, Godown & granite factory

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Amanikere Bhujangadasana

Jigani hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

19 (Bhujangad. Amanikere), 138 (Hullahalli), 18 (Sakalavara)

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Height above sea level
917 m
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Coordinates

12.8221° N, 77.6137° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
282
2018 lake survey
BUAKJGabj_kr1-1038
Lake Development Authority
LDA052
KGIS tank map
1063
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000001/000018/003