Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Uramundinakere

ಹೆಬ್ಬಗೋಡಿ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Hebbagodi Lake

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

See it on the map
Size
26.6 acresAbout 15 football pitches
Rank by size
348th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 2% encroached.

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

    See source

  2. 1945

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1955

    Not 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 most years

    Water in 20% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    59% of its water area has since gone dry; 0% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  6. 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

  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    2% encroached, sewage, 32.3 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 11% open water
    • 18% floating weed
    • 70% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0.5% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
26.6 acres

About 15 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
32.3 acres

About 18 football pitches

See source
End to end
697 m

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
See source

How clean the water is

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

Sewage

See source
Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south and north

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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°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mLSewage inflow
2017-12-0621.47.61,8501,4601621110.18820.454281,6000.015
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached by

The public

See source
Taken for

Houses

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Where it is encroached

On the south and south-west side

See source
Dumped in it

Garbage dump, poultry waste & construction debris

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Other problems noted

RTC is temporarilyordered to establish the STP unit in 1 acre

See source
Land within 500 m

67% built, 10% crops, 9% trees, 6% bare ground, 6% grass, 1% shrubs

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Bangalapet Lake

See source
Catchment
10.2 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
30 species

Most seen: Jungle Myna, White-breasted Waterhen, Little Swift, Eurasian Coot and Brahminy Kite.

44 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
31 species

45 records, 2020 to 2023

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Photographed on iNaturalist
13 times

6 species, 11 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: House Sparrow, Black-winged Stilt, Pied Bushchat, Common Tailorbird and Physiphora alceae.

Last seen Jul 2023

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Free floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Settlement, layout & vacant land

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Hebbagodi

Athibele hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

159

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Height above sea level
912 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8310° N, 77.6745° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
223
2018 lake survey
BUAKABhbg_kr1-1030
Lake Development Authority
LDA450
KGIS tank map
601