Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kaggalipura Lake

See it on the map
Size
18.9 acresAbout 11 football pitches
Rank by size
482nd 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
4% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1955 to 2026.

  1. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  2. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 13% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    32% of its water area has since gone dry; 2% 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

  4. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 4% open water
    • 34% floating weed
    • 62% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 24% floating weed
    • 76% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

Drawn outline
18.9 acres

About 11 football pitches

See source
End to end
577 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
4%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Land within 500 m

35% built, 31% crops, 14% trees, 13% shrubs, 7% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

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

See source
Catchment
2.7 km²

The land that drains into it

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
141 species

Most seen: Indian Pond-Heron, Black Kite, Little Egret, Red-wattled Lapwing and Great Cormorant.

3,083 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
143 species

3,085 records, 1992 to 2024

See source
Threatened species seen here
5
  • River Tern vulnerable
  • Woolly-necked Stork near threatened
  • Spot-billed Pelican near threatened
  • Indian Roller near threatened
  • Indian Spotted Eagle near threatened
See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
26 times

20 species, 25 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Black-winged Stilt, Wood Sandpiper, Indian Spot-billed Duck, Asian Openbill and Oriental Darter.

Last seen Jan 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
See source
Height above sea level
740 m
See source
Coordinates

12.7978° N, 77.5054° E

See source

Read more

OpenStreetMap
See source
Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
962
KGIS tank map
62
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000003/000019/001