Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Garudacharpalya Lake

In Bharath Aikya Ward ward, Bengaluru East

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Size
3.43 acresAbout 1.9 football pitches
Rank by size
1123rd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1980 to 2026.

  1. 1980

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  2. 1984-2021

    Held water until 2015

    Water in 4% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    53% of its water area has since gone dry; 0% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  3. 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

  4. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP

    See source

  5. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 8% floating weed
    • 92% 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
3.43 acres

About 1.9 football pitches

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End to end
253 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

64% built, 24% trees, 5% crops, 3% bare ground, 2% shrubs, 2% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Doddanekundi Kere

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Catchment
0.4 km²

The land that drains into it

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sewage Treatment Plant

2.2 km away

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What lives here

No wildlife records from this lake yet.

Around it

Nothing on record about what is around it.

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 36
Bharath Aikya Ward

ಭಾರತ್ ಐಕ್ಯ ವಾರ್ಡ್

Bengaluru East corporation, Mahadevapura assembly seat

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Height above sea level
891 m
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Coordinates

12.9820° N, 77.7028° E

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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
970