Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Govt Gulimangalada Lake

Also called Govt. Gulimangala lake, Chikkanagamangal a Kere2, Gulimangala Lake, Chikkanagamangala Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Chikkanaga mangala village, Anekal taluk

See it on the map
Size
24.6 acresAbout 14 football pitches
Rank by size
377th 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

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  2. 1945

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1955

    Not 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 16% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    25% of its water area has since gone dry; 0.7% is new water

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

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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

    No one cover holds over half of it 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, muddy, 46.5 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

    • 65% open water
    • 19% floating weed
    • 16% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 79% open water
    • 7% floating weed
    • 15% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
24.6 acres

About 14 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
46.5 acres

About 26 football pitches

See source
End to end
510 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
Muddy
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Road & agriculture runoff

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
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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
2017-12-0524.4227.3206128713.76.24815.890.13110
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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
6.40 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Farmers

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Taken for

Agriculture land

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Where it is encroached

On the north-west side

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Dumped in it

Construction debris

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation

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Land record maps
See source
Land within 500 m

41% crops, 24% trees, 14% shrubs, 11% built, 9% grass, 0.7% bare ground, 0.5% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

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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

Gottamaranahalli Lake

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Catchment
3.9 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain fall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding and irrigation

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What lives here

Birds recorded
132 species

Most seen: Indian Pond-Heron, Red-wattled Lapwing, Little Egret, Little Grebe and White-throated Kingfisher.

2,499 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
149 species

2,521 records, 1992 to 2026

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

71 species, 158 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Black-winged Stilt, Little Cormorant, Oriental Darter, Indian Pond-Heron and Little Egret.

Last seen Aug 2026

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Submerged

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Plantation, agriculture & layout

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Chikkanaga mangala

Sarjapura hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

28

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Height above sea level
912 m
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Coordinates

12.8550° N, 77.6971° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
294
2018 lake survey
BUAKSPckm_kr3-920
Lake Development Authority
LDA156
KGIS tank map
622
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000001/000060/001