Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Singena Agrahara Govt. Sanna Kere

Also called Shingena Agrahara Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Singena Agrahara village, Anekal taluk

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Size
92.1 acresAbout 52 football pitches
Rank by size
86th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
MIMinor Irrigation Department
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1924 to 1944, 1946 to 1954, 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1923 to 2026.

  1. 1923

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1945

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  4. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water in 21 of 38 years

    Water in 4% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 23% is new water

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  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  7. 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

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  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Muddy, 124 acres surveyed

    See source

  9. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon; mostly open water in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 31% open water
    • 14% floating weed
    • 55% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 70% open water
    • 14% floating weed
    • 16% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
92.1 acres

About 52 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
124 acres

About 70 football pitches

See source
End to end
1.1 km

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 m
See source
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
Muddy
See source
Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
See source
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
2017-12-0523.397.14033222414.83.24837.570.131,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
7.46 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation, major part of lake planted with Akashiya & Jali trees

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

37% crops, 18% shrubs, 16% built, 15% trees, 12% grass, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Minor Irrigation Department

MI

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Muttanallur Kere

See source
Catchment
35.8 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 1 culvert, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation and cattle feeding

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What lives here

Birds recorded
88 species

Most seen: Indian Pond-Heron, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Spot-billed duck, Common Myna and Common Kingfisher.

380 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
135 species

433 records, 2020 to 2026

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Indian Roller near threatened
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Photographed on iNaturalist
220 times

117 species, 181 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Brahminy Kite, Purple Sunbird, Ashy Drongo, Common Kingfisher and Indian Spot-billed Duck.

Last seen Jul 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Rooted floating

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, layout, settlement, plantation & temple

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Singena Agrahara

Sarjapura hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

94 (Singena Agrahara), 128 (Narayanaghatta), 13 (Gottammanahalli)

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Height above sea level
890 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8451° N, 77.7183° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
316
2018 lake survey
BUAKSPsga_kr1-1017
Lake Development Authority
LDA422
KGIS tank map
565
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000001/000069/001