Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Hilaligi Lake

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Size
15.4 acresAbout 8.7 football pitches
Rank by size
557th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
Nobody on record looks after it
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.5% 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

    See source

  2. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  3. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 20% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    13% of its water area has since gone dry; 19% 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

    See sourceSee source

  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly water in most years

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

    See source

  6. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 68% open water
    • 24% floating weed
    • 8% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 66% open water
    • 6% floating weed
    • 29% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

Drawn outline
15.4 acres

About 8.7 football pitches

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End to end
492 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
0.5%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land within 500 m

31% trees, 29% built, 20% crops, 12% shrubs, 8% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Nobody on record looks after it.

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

Kittiganahalli Lake

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Catchment
17.7 km²

The land that drains into it

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What lives here

Birds recorded
65 species

Most seen: Black Drongo, Little Egret, Asian Koel, Indian Pond-Heron and Intermediate egret.

363 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
65 species

363 records, 2015 to 2024

See source

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
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Height above sea level
884 m
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Coordinates

12.8158° N, 77.7036° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
953
KGIS tank map
598