Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Haranakatte

Also called Avarnakatte/ Manganahalli Lake-1, Manganahalli Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Manganahalli village, Bengaluru North taluk

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Size
5.51 acresAbout 3.1 football pitches
Rank by size
987th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
7% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 30% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1956, 1958 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1914 to 2026.

  1. 1914

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1957

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  3. 1973

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 25 of 38 years

    Water in 4% 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. 2015

    Restored

    See source

  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

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

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  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    30% encroached, polluted, 6.55 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 1% open water
    • 51% floating weed
    • 47% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 7% floating weed
    • 93% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
5.51 acres

About 3.1 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
6.55 acres

About 3.7 football pitches

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End to end
253 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
Polluted
See source
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
2017-11-2224.498.71,18059089.211.628.94.227220
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
7%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached by

BDA and NICE

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Taken for

SMV layout & NICE road

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Where it is encroached

On the west side

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

50% built, 19% shrubs, 17% crops, 11% trees, 4% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Kommaghatta Govt. Lake

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Catchment
0.5 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

3 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 1 culvert, no check dams and 1 island

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Used for, 2018 survey

Recreati on

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

STP-1

1.7 km away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
56 species

Most seen: Eurasian Coot, White-throated Kingfisher, Scaly-breasted Munia, Ashy Prinia and Red-wattled Lapwing.

106 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
56 species

106 records, 2019 to 2023

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Indian Roller near threatened
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Photographed on iNaturalist
2 times

2 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Sweetsop and Zonopterus consanguineus.

Last seen Nov 2020

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and free floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

SMV layout & NICE road

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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
Manganahalli

Yeshwanthpura hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

43

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Height above sea level
842 m
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Coordinates

12.9580° N, 77.4723° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
461
2018 lake survey
BUBNYPmng_kr1-186
KGIS tank map
1222