Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Governament Attikere

Also called Hebbagodi Govt. Attikere, Thirupalya Lake

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

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Size
13.6 acresAbout 7.7 football pitches
Rank by size
612th 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 land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1924 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

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  2. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  3. 1980

    On the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 12% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    59% of its water area has since gone dry; 0% 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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  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2023

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

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  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Sewage, 16.4 acres surveyed

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  7. 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
    • 78% floating weed
    • 22% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 36% floating weed
    • 64% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
13.6 acres

About 7.7 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
16.4 acres

About 9.3 football pitches

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End to end
406 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 m
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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
Sewage
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south-west

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
2 readings
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Every reading
Show every reading

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-12-06Inlet25.37.31,1389122514.249679.270.9351,600
2017-12-06Outlet23.87.41,10733.2747450.26445.081.2351,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Dumped in it

Construction debris, garbage dump & mud dump

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

62% built, 14% trees, 14% crops, 6% grass, 3% bare ground, 1% shrubs, 0.7% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
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Overflows into

Uramundinakere

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Catchment
4.7 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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What lives here

Birds recorded
25 species

Most seen: Jungle Myna, Common Myna, Spot-billed duck, Indian Pond-Heron and Eastern Red-rumped Swallow.

25 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
25 species

25 records, all in 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Free floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Plantation, godowns & houses

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Hebbagodi

Athibele hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

115 (Hebbagodi), 5 (Gollahalli)

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Height above sea level
917 m
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Coordinates

12.8265° N, 77.6675° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
293
2018 lake survey
BUAKABhbg_kr4-1033
Lake Development Authority
LDA155
KGIS tank map
1095