Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Mallasandra Gudde Lake

ಮಲ್ಲಸಂದ್ರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Mallasandra Lake-1, Mallasandra Lake-2, Mallasandra Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Mallasandra ward, Bengaluru North

See it on the map

Size

4.06 acresAbout 2.3 football pitches

Rank by size

1079th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist

Valley

Arkavathi

Who looks after it

BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

Water quality

Not tested for water quality yet

Built over

0.5% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 0.1% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1957, 1959 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

Water seen by satellite each year, up to 1.30 acres

What covers it each year:waterbuilt on or bareplants or weed

1927

1958

1978

1984

1927
On the survey map
See source
1958
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1978
Not on the survey map
See source
1984-2021
Held water until 2015
Water in 1% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024
33% of its water area has since gone dry; 0% is new water
Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry
See source See source
2017-2025
Mostly built on or bare every year
About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years
See source
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
0.1% encroached, polluted, 11.7 acres surveyed
See source
2024
On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP
See source
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
96% floating weed
5% 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

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

Drawn outline

4.06 acres

About 2.3 football pitches

2018 lake survey

11.7 acres

About 6.6 football pitches

End to end

280 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

0.5 m

Kind of lake

Kere, a large tank

How clean the water is

State pollution board

Not tested by the state board

How it looked in 2018

Polluted

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

0.5%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Encroached area, 2017

1.30 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

Encroached by

Road

Taken for

Road

Where it is encroached

On the south side

Dumped in it

Garbage, construction debris, plastic & poultry wastes

Land record maps

Land within 500 m

52% built, 27% trees, 8% crops, 6% grass, 5% shrubs, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley

Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

Overflows into

Chikkabanavara Kere

Catchment

0.1 km²

The land that drains into it

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain water

Built parts, 2018 survey

No inlet drains, no overflow weirs, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

Nearest sewage treatment plant

Chikkabanavara 5MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

2.8 km away, treats 5 million litres a day

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, slope & bare land

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 68

Mallasandra

ಮಲ್ಲಸಂದ್ರ

Bengaluru North corporation, Dasarahalli assembly seat

Village

Mallasandra

Yeshwanthpura hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

49

Height above sea level

903 m

Coordinates

13.0585° N, 77.5180° E

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OpenStreetMap

Open it on OpenStreetMap

Its number in each record

ATREE lake map: 257
2018 lake survey: BUBNYPmls_kr6-178
Lake Development Authority: LDA347
KGIS tank map: 1149