Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Bikkanhalli Lake

See it on the map
Size
32.1 acresAbout 18 football pitches
Rank by size
289th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
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 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

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

  1. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  2. 1973

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water in 18 of 38 years

    Water in 0.3% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0.6% of its water area has since gone dry; 1% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  4. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed every year

    Floating weed shows as crops or grass here, not as water

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

    See source

  6. 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
    • 66% floating weed
    • 35% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 5% floating weed
    • 96% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

Drawn outline
32.1 acres

About 18 football pitches

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End to end
572 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

62% crops, 11% grass, 10% shrubs, 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
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Adigondanahalli Kere

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Catchment
2.7 km²

The land that drains into it

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What lives here

Birds recorded
91 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Common Myna, Black Drongo, Asian Koel and Spotted Dove.

813 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
107 species

831 records, 2021 to 2026

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Indian Roller near threatened
See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
100 times

65 species, 54 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Indian Grey Hornbill, Asian Green Bee-eater, Asian Weaver Ant, Trellis-vine and White-cheeked Barbet.

Last seen Sep 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

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

12.8404° N, 77.7623° E

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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
833
KGIS tank map
560
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000001/000092/001