Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Hado Shiddapura Kere

ಹಾಡೋಸಿದ್ದಾಪುರ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Mowjekere, Hadosiddapura Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Hado Siddapura (Redosiddapura) village, Bengaluru East taluk

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Size
16.1 acresAbout 9.1 football pitches
Rank by size
540th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1946 to 1954, 1958 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1945 to 2026.

  1. 1945

    On the survey map

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  2. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  3. 1957

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  4. 1980

    On the survey map

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  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 16% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    6% of its water area has since gone dry; 44% is new water

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

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  6. 2017-2025

    No one cover holds over half of it in most years

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

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  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Muddy, 39.0 acres surveyed

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  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 75% open water
    • 15% floating weed
    • 11% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 83% open water
    • 13% floating weed
    • 4% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
16.1 acres

About 9.1 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
39.0 acres

About 22 football pitches

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End to end
435 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
Muddy
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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
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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
2017-12-0423.9207.4559448185.61.8647.50.101,600
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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
0.57 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Other problems noted

Religious Activites

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Land within 500 m

32% crops, 21% built, 20% shrubs, 13% trees, 9% grass, 6% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

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Campaign pages
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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Halanayakanahalli Kere

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Catchment
1.3 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation, Cattle feed and Swimm

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What lives here

Birds recorded
92 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Green Bee-eater, Common Myna, Rock Pigeon and Little Grebe.

1,262 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
122 species

1,299 records, 2018 to 2026

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Spot-billed Pelican near threatened
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Photographed on iNaturalist
120 times

64 species, 52 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Oval Saint Andrew's Cross Spider, Grey Heron, Indian Pond-Heron, Signature Spider and Mango Stem Borer.

Last seen Aug 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Vacant land, layout, plantation, graveyard & temple

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Hado Siddapura (Redosiddapura)

Varthuru hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

14 (Hado Siddapura), 72 (Kodathi)

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Height above sea level
901 m
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Coordinates

12.8913° N, 77.7026° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
176
2018 lake survey
BUBEVRrsp_kr1-616
Lake Development Authority
LDA181
KGIS tank map
636