Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Nijagal Lake1

See it on the map
Size
20.8 acresAbout 12 football pitches
Rank by size
440th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Shimsha
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 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

    See source

  2. 1973

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water every year

    Water in 59% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    13% of its water area has since gone dry; 0% is new water

    4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake

    See sourceSee source

  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly water every year

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

    See source

  5. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 95% open water
    • 3% floating weed
    • 2% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 92% open water
    • 4% floating weed
    • 4% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

Drawn outline
20.8 acres

About 12 football pitches

See source
End to end
503 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
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land within 500 m

38% shrubs, 31% crops, 25% trees, 4% grass, 0.9% built

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
Shimsha

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Catchment
7.6 km²

The land that drains into it

See source

What lives here

Photographed on iNaturalist
5 times

3 species, 3 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Sage Leaved Alangium, Krishna Siris and lion's ear.

Last seen Oct 2024

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
880 m
See source
Coordinates

13.2450° N, 77.2056° E

See source

Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
1165