Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Marasandra Lake

See it on the map
Size
33.1 acresAbout 19 football pitches
Rank by size
276th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Arkavathi
Who looks after it
Nobody on record looks after it
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
1% 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 10% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 37% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  5. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  6. 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

  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; part dry or built, part open water in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 6% open water
    • 77% floating weed
    • 16% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 33% open water
    • 22% floating weed
    • 45% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

Drawn outline
33.1 acres

About 19 football pitches

See source
End to end
762 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
1%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Land within 500 m

69% crops, 20% built, 7% trees, 3% grass, 2% shrubs

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Nobody on record looks after it.

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Arkavathi

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Overflows into

Kodaturu Kere

See source
Catchment
2.1 km²

The land that drains into it

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
92 species

Most seen: Little Cormorant, Ashy Prinia, Green Bee-eater, Common Tailorbird and Gray Heron.

306 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
95 species

309 records, 2020 to 2025

See source
Threatened species seen here
1
  • Indian Roller near threatened
See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
4 times

4 species, 4 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Blue Pea, common lantana, Indian Cormorant and White rain-lily.

Last seen Mar 2025

See source

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
882 m
See source
Coordinates

13.2293° N, 77.5439° E

See source

Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
761
KGIS tank map
470
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000002/000036/001