Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Ujjani Lake

See it on the map
Size
20.3 acresAbout 11 football pitches
Rank by size
456th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Kumadvati
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 1974 and 1976 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

  2. 1975

    Not on the survey map

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water every year

    Water in 40% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    6% of its water area has since gone dry; 9% is new water

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

  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly water in most years

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

  5. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 40% open water
    • 4% floating weed
    • 55% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 1% floating weed
    • 99% dry or built

How big it is

Drawn outline
20.3 acres

About 11 football pitches

End to end
406 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

59% shrubs, 25% crops, 14% grass, 2% trees

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Nobody on record looks after it.

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Kumadvati

The river basin its water drains to

Catchment
4.2 km²

The land that drains into it

What lives here

Birds recorded
16 species

Most seen: Common Iora, Oriental Darter, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, White-throated Kingfisher and Purple-rumped Sunbird.

64 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
16 species

64 records, all in 2022

Photographed on iNaturalist
2 times

1 species.

Most seen: Indian Green Lynx Spider.

Last seen Oct 2022

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
800 m
Coordinates

13.4141° N, 77.4221° E

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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
1251