Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Guttepalya Lake

Also called Tharalu Estate Lake

See it on the map
Size
61.5 acresAbout 35 football pitches
Rank by size
138th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Suvarnamukhi
Who looks after it
Nobody on record looks after it
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
3% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1946 to 1954, 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1945 to 2026.
  1. 1945

    On the survey map

  2. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

  3. 1980

    On the survey map

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 15% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    1% of its water area has since gone dry; 11% is new water

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

  5. 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

  6. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 20% open water
    • 22% floating weed
    • 58% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 15% open water
    • 4% floating weed
    • 81% dry or built

How big it is

Drawn outline
61.5 acres

About 35 football pitches

End to end
1.9 km

The longest straight line across the outline

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
3%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Land within 500 m

36% shrubs, 23% trees, 19% crops, 18% grass, 3% water, 2% built

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Nobody on record looks after it.

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Suvarnamukhi

The river basin its water drains to

Overflows into
Catchment
8.7 km²

The land that drains into it

What lives here

Birds recorded
126 species

Most seen: Black Drongo, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Red-wattled Lapwing, Pied Bushchat and White-throated Kingfisher.

1,254 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
129 species

1,257 records, 1992 to 2026

Threatened species seen here
5
  • River Tern vulnerable
  • Indian Roller near threatened
  • Rufous-tailed Lark near threatened
  • Woolly-necked Stork near threatened
  • Rufous-bellied Eagle near threatened
Photographed on iNaturalist
18 times

8 species, 6 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: feathery pennisetum, Emerald Small Carpenter, Mile-a-minute vine, Zebra Blue and Longhorn Crazy Ant.

Last seen Aug 2026

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
Height above sea level
758 m
Coordinates

12.7904° N, 77.5389° E

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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
906
KGIS tank map
1349