Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Varadanakunte

Also called Hulimangala Govt. kere, Hulimangala Lake

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

See it on the map
Size
50.5 acresAbout 29 football pitches
Rank by size
173rd 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, 2021. The 2018 survey found 5% 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

    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 9% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    8% of its water area has since gone dry; 18% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  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

    See source

  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    5% encroached, muddy, 67.2 acres surveyed

    See source

  9. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 76% open water
    • 19% floating weed
    • 5% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 2% open water
    • 1% floating weed
    • 97% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
50.5 acres

About 29 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
67.2 acres

About 38 football pitches

See source
End to end
944 m

The longest straight line across the outline

See source
Deepest point, 2018
3.5 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
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
2017-12-0624.6496.9312220827.32.83230.60.214900
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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
2.08 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Encroached by

Farmers

See source
Taken for

Agriculture land & eucalyptus plantation

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Where it is encroached

On the east and north-west side

See source
Dumped in it

Construction debris

See source
Other problems noted

Soil excavation & borwell

See source
Land record maps
See source
Land within 500 m

42% crops, 16% built, 16% trees, 13% grass, 11% shrubs, 3% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

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

See source
Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Jigani Kere

See source
Catchment
7.9 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding and irrigation

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
161 species

Most seen: Rose-ringed Parakeet, White-throated Kingfisher, Green Bee-eater, Common Myna and Indian Pond-Heron.

8,577 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
169 species

8,586 records, 2011 to 2026

See source
Threatened species seen here
8
  • Indian Roller near threatened
  • River Tern vulnerable
  • Greater spotted eagle vulnerable
  • Woolly-necked Stork near threatened
  • Indian Spotted Eagle near threatened
  • Bonnet macaque vulnerable
  • Pallid Harrier near threatened
  • Spot-billed Pelican near threatened
See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
78 times

55 species, 48 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Platycorynus peregrinus, Baya Weaver, Common Kingfisher, Mexican prickly poppy and Indian Green Tortoise Beetle.

Last seen Jul 2026

See source
Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

See source
Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Temple, plantation, layout, agriculture, granite factory & 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
Hulimangala

Jigani hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

22

See source
Height above sea level
915 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8176° N, 77.6323° E

See source

Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
224
2018 lake survey
BUAKJGhlm_kr7-1076
Lake Development Authority
LDA216
KGIS tank map
1087
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000001/000033/004