Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Mahadeva Kodigehalli Lake

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Size
137 acresAbout 78 football pitches
Rank by size
51st 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% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1954, 1956 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1927 to 2026.

  1. 1927

    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. 1978

    On the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 16% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    9% of its water area has since gone dry; 14% 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 plants or weed in most years

    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. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 19% open water
    • 79% floating weed
    • 2% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 13% open water
    • 56% floating weed
    • 31% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

Drawn outline
137 acres

About 78 football pitches

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End to end
1.5 km

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

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Land within 500 m

66% crops, 10% trees, 10% shrubs, 6% grass, 4% built, 4% bare ground, 0.5% water

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

Budigere Amani Kere

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Catchment
58.3 km²

The land that drains into it

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

40MLD Tertiary Treatment Plant

2.4 km away, treats 40 million litres a day

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
86 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Black Kite, Plain Prinia, Ashy Prinia and Pied Bushchat.

350 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
87 species

351 records, 2018 to 2025

See source
Threatened species seen here
2
  • Indian Roller near threatened
  • Woolly-necked Stork near threatened
See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Sweet Potato Weevil.

Last seen Sep 2019

See source

Around it

Nothing on record about what is around it.

Photos

Mahadeva Kodigehalli Lake, photographed in 2018
Mike Prince from Bangalore, India / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2018
Mahadeva Kodigehalli Lake, photographed in 2018
Mike Prince from Bangalore, India / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2018

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Height above sea level
875 m
See source
Coordinates

13.1416° N, 77.7142° E

See source

Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
816
KGIS tank map
786