Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Taralu Lake

See it on the map
Size
8.29 acresAbout 4.7 football pitches
Rank by size
836th 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 1981 to 1983.

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

  1. 1980

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  2. 1984-2021

    Held water every year

    Water in 10% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 35% is new water

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

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

    See sourceSee source

  3. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly water in most years

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

    See source

  5. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 48% floating weed
    • 52% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0.4% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

Drawn outline
8.29 acres

About 4.7 football pitches

See source
End to end
320 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% trees, 22% crops, 16% shrubs, 13% built, 11% grass

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
Suvarnamukhi

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Gadipalya Lake

See source
Catchment
35.1 km²

The land that drains into it

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What lives here

Birds recorded
48 species

Most seen: Brahminy Kite, Common Myna, Indian Pond-Heron, Little Cormorant and Large-billed Crow.

171 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
48 species

171 records, 1992 to 2024

See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
9 times

5 species, 6 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Little Grebe, Eurasian Coot, Brahminy Kite, Great Cormorant and Indian Cormorant.

Last seen May 2026

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
736 m
See source
Coordinates

12.7875° N, 77.5231° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
914
KGIS tank map
67
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000003/000024/001