Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Mutsandra Lake

See it on the map
Size
18.4 acresAbout 10 football pitches
Rank by size
490th 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
0.1% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1956 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1955 to 2026.
  1. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

  2. 1973

    On the survey map

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 3% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    3% of its water area has since gone dry; 1% is new water

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

  4. 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

  5. 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
    • 60% floating weed
    • 40% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 34% floating weed
    • 66% dry or built

How big it is

Drawn outline
18.4 acres

About 10 football pitches

End to end
408 m

The longest straight line across the outline

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.1%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Land within 500 m

45% crops, 19% built, 17% trees, 15% shrubs, 4% grass, 0.5% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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

Catchment
12.7 km²

The land that drains into it

What lives here

Birds recorded
20 species

Most seen: Red Avadavat, Tricolored Munia, Pied Bushchat, Paddyfield Pipit and Eastern Red-rumped Swallow.

38 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
69 species

143 records, all in 2026

Photographed on iNaturalist
495 times

232 species, 144 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Gram Blue, crown flower, Potato-smell, three-lobe false mallow and Florida Keys Indian mallow.

Last seen Jul 2026

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
Height above sea level
857 m
Coordinates

12.9432° N, 77.7866° E

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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
864