Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Madappanahalli Lake

Also called Madappanahalli kere 2

Katte, a medium tank, in Madappanahalli village, Bengaluru North taluk

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Size
5.85 acresAbout 3.3 football pitches
Rank by size
DisappearedGone by 2015
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1917 to 1926, 1928 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1916 to 2026.

  1. 1916

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1927

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  3. 1978

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

    See sourceSee source

  5. 2015

    Gone by 2015, says the 2018 lake survey

    5.17 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed every year

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

    See source

  7. 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
    • 73% floating weed
    • 26% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 1% floating weed
    • 99% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
5.85 acres

About 3.3 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
5.17 acres

About 2.9 football pitches

See source
End to end
251 m

The longest straight line across the outline

See source
Kind of lake
Katte, a medium tank
See source

What took its place

On the site now
Plantation
See source
Filled in by

Farmers

See source
Around it in 2018

Agriculture, plantation

See source

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Land within 500 m

46% crops, 28% shrubs, 15% trees, 6% built, 4% grass, 0.6% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Where its water comes from and goes is not on record.

What lives here

No wildlife records from this lake yet.

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Madappanahalli

Hesaraghatta hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

42

See source
Height above sea level
908 m
See source
Coordinates

13.1546° N, 77.5480° E

See source

Read more

OpenStreetMap
See source
Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
812
2018 lake survey
BUBNHGmdp_gk3-415
KGIS tank map
888