Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Chikkanekundi Lake Land

Also called Chikkanekundi Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Chikkanekkundi village, Anekal taluk

See it on the map
Size
22.0 acresAbout 12 football pitches
Rank by size
413th 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
1% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 15% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1865 to 1954, 1956 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1864 to 2026.

  1. 1864

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  3. 1973

    On the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 5% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 20% 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. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed in most years

    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. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    15% encroached, muddy, 43.3 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 24% open water
    • 21% floating weed
    • 55% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 3% open water
    • 3% floating weed
    • 94% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
22.0 acres

About 12 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
43.3 acres

About 25 football pitches

See source
End to end
557 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
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How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Muddy
See source
Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 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
2017-12-0424.2207.2213125.82.6119.83.8327.390.17300
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
1%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
10.1 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Encroached by

Farmers and government agencies

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Taken for

Agriculture land, eucalyptus plants, temple, main road, agriculture

See source
Where it is encroached

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

See source
Dumped in it

Plastic & agriculture waste dump

See source
Other problems noted

Borwell, religious activities

See source
Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

55% crops, 22% shrubs, 12% built, 5% grass, 4% trees, 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

Govt. Mutsandra Kere

See source
Catchment
8.1 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, no overflow weirs, 1 sluice gate, 3 culverts, no check dams and no islands

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding, irrigation and Cow washing

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
30 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Greater Coucal, Purple Sunbird, Green Bee-eater and White-browed Wagtail.

36 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
32 species

38 records, 2016 to 2025

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

3 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Flame of The Forest, tropical speedwell and Storozhenkotilla binghami.

Last seen Jul 2025

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

See source
Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, vacant land, plantation & temple

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Chikkanekkundi

Sarjapura hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

50 (Chikkanekundi), 56 (Nekkundi Dommas.)

See source
Height above sea level
869 m
See source
Coordinates

12.9300° N, 77.7717° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
286
2018 lake survey
BUAKSPckk_kr1-924
Lake Development Authority
LDA091
KGIS tank map
54