Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Virasandra Lake

ವೀರಸಂದ್ರ

Also called Veerasandra Govt. Kere-1, Virasandra

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

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Size
9.67 acresAbout 5.5 football pitches
Rank by size
760th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
11% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 6% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1957 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1956 to 2026.

  1. 1956

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water until 2002

    Water in 0.1% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

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

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  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

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

    See source

  5. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    6% encroached, sewage, 14.1 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0.4% open water
    • 40% floating weed
    • 60% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0.4% open water
    • 38% floating weed
    • 62% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
9.67 acres

About 5.5 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
14.1 acres

About 8 football pitches

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End to end
361 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 m
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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
Sewage
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage, road runoff

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-east

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
2 readings
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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/100mL
2017-12-06Inlet23.87.41,06083679.80.6329.271.6211,600
2017-12-06Outlet237.21,082858117.20.2169.750.4211,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
11%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached by

Developers

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Taken for

Vacant land, building

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Where it is encroached

On the west and north-east side

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Dumped in it

Construction debris, garbage dump

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

51% built, 24% trees, 11% crops, 5% grass, 5% shrubs, 3% water, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Govindaehettipalya Lake

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Catchment
0.4 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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What lives here

Birds recorded
35 species

Most seen: Little Grebe, Gray Heron, Eurasian Coot, Brahminy Kite and Little Egret.

45 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
35 species

45 records, 2023 to 2024

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Photographed on iNaturalist
22 times

12 species, 21 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Little Grebe, Grey Heron, Eurasian Coot, Little Egret and Brahminy Kite.

Last seen Jul 2024

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Quarters, symbiosis school, CGI software company, vacant land, graveyard

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Veerasandra

Athibele hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

99

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Height above sea level
917 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8408° N, 77.6709° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
968
2018 lake survey
BUAKABvrs_kr1-1034
KGIS tank map
979