Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Malagondanahalli Kere

Also called Maligondanahalli Lake1, Dodda kere

Kere, a large tank, in Maligondanahalli village, Bengaluru South taluk

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Size
4.24 acresAbout 2.4 football pitches
Rank by size
1060th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 1% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1931, 1933 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1914 to 2026.

  1. 1914

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1932

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  3. 1973

    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

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  5. 2017-2025

    No one cover holds over half of it in most years

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

    See source

  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    1% encroached, clean, 6.75 acres surveyed

    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

    • 0% open water
    • 75% floating weed
    • 25% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 1% floating weed
    • 99% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
4.24 acres

About 2.4 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
6.75 acres

About 3.8 football pitches

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End to end
229 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 m
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Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
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How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Clean
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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
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Every reading
Show every reading

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2018-02-0923.1458.572126022125284.60.7101,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.17 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Farmers

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Taken for

Agriculture & coconut plantation

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Where it is encroached

On the south-west side

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Dumped in it

Garbage, construction debris, agriculture waste

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation & Borewell

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

47% crops, 18% trees, 15% shrubs, 12% built, 8% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Hunisemaradapalya Kere

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Catchment
0.3 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, 1 culvert, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

7STP-6

2.9 km away

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What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, agriculture, plantation & vacant land

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Maligondanahalli

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

67

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Height above sea level
815 m
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Coordinates

12.9158° N, 77.4179° E

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Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
357
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGmlg_kr2-1260
KGIS tank map
112