Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Ragihalli

See it on the map
Size
4.22 acresAbout 2.4 football pitches
Rank by size
1064th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Suvarnamukhi
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 1916 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1915 to 2026.
  1. 1915

    Not on the survey map

  2. 1973

    Not on the survey map

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water in 5 of 38 years

    Water in 1% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

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

  4. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

  5. 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

  6. 2025-2026

    Part floating weed, part dry or built after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 30% open water
    • 39% floating weed
    • 31% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 8% open water
    • 23% floating weed
    • 69% dry or built

How big it is

Drawn outline
4.22 acres

About 2.4 football pitches

End to end
198 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%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Land within 500 m

42% grass, 29% trees, 14% shrubs, 13% crops, 3% built

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Nobody on record looks after it.

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Suvarnamukhi

The river basin its water drains to

Catchment
0.4 km²

The land that drains into it

What lives here

Birds recorded
157 species

Most seen: Spotted Dove, Green Bee-eater, Laughing Dove, Red-whiskered Bulbul and Rose-ringed Parakeet.

4,227 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
164 species

4,235 records, 2014 to 2024

Threatened species seen here
5
  • Red-necked Falcon near threatened
  • Indian Roller near threatened
  • Rufous-tailed Lark near threatened
  • Tawny Eagle vulnerable
  • Pallid Harrier near threatened
Photographed on iNaturalist
27 times

14 species, 17 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Indian Five-fingered Frog, Grizzled Pintail, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Wandering Midget and Furcated Tortoise Beetle.

Last seen Nov 2025

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
920 m
Coordinates

12.7369° N, 77.5699° E

Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
1102
KGIS tank map
1352
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000001/000024/002