Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Madivala Lake

See it on the map
Size
7.54 acresAbout 4.3 football pitches
Rank by size
876th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
KFDKarnataka Forest Department
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1946 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. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water until 2006

    Water in 0.5% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    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 plants or weed every year

    Floating weed shows as crops or grass here, not as water

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

    See source

  6. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by KFD

    See source

  7. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 9% floating weed
    • 91% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

Drawn outline
7.54 acres

About 4.3 football pitches

See source
End to end
286 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%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Land within 500 m

52% crops, 14% built, 14% grass, 11% trees, 8% shrubs

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Karnataka Forest Department

KFD

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Kambalipura Lake

See source
Catchment
3.5 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

STP

2.6 km away

See source

What lives here

No wildlife records from this lake yet.

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
885 m
See source
Coordinates

12.7645° N, 77.7254° E

See source

Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
951
KGIS tank map
252
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000001/000188/001