Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Shanuboganahalli Lake

Also called Bilwaradahalli Hosakere

Kere, a large tank, in Bilwardahalli village, Anekal taluk

See it on the map
Size
10.9 acresAbout 6.2 football pitches
Rank by size
712th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Suvarnamukhi
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1980 to 2026.

  1. 1980

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 22% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    12% of its water area has since gone dry; 14% is new water

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  3. 1990

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly water in most years

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

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  5. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Polluted, 12.8 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 25% open water
    • 14% floating weed
    • 61% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 18% open water
    • 12% floating weed
    • 71% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
10.9 acres

About 6.2 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
12.8 acres

About 7.2 football pitches

See source
End to end
402 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 m
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Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
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How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Polluted
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north and north-east

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
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Every reading
Show every reading

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2018-01-0919.9458.31,1611,0082811.72.7801.481.28.41,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land within 500 m

29% grass, 25% trees, 17% shrubs, 12% built, 11% crops, 3% bare ground, 3% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Suvarnamukhi

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Bettrayandoddi Lake

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Catchment
8.9 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall & drain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Fish and boating

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What lives here

Birds recorded
53 species

Most seen: House Crow, Spotted Dove, Greater Coucal, Purple Sunbird and Oriental Magpie-Robin.

95 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
54 species

97 records, 2019 to 2024

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Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

Last seen Apr 2025

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Hills & resort

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Bilwardahalli

Jigani hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

31

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Height above sea level
860 m
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Coordinates

12.8358° N, 77.5630° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
903
2018 lake survey
BUAKJGbwd_kr3-1056a
KGIS tank map
1047