Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Hosakere

Also called Sullu Kunte Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Mallasandra (Mylasandra) village, Bengaluru South taluk

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Size
5.42 acresAbout 3.1 football pitches
Rank by size
998th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
2% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 5% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1944, 1946 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1904 to 2026.

  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1945

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 21 of 34 years

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

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 37% is new water

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

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

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  5. 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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  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    5% encroached, muddy, 8.82 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 2025-2026

    Part open water, part floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 47% open water
    • 38% floating weed
    • 15% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 28% open water
    • 12% floating weed
    • 60% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
5.42 acres

About 3.1 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
8.82 acres

About 5 football pitches

See source
End to end
255 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
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture runoff

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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°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2018-01-09Inlet24.2138.12121902645.77160.180.62130
2018-01-09Outlet25.5148.222619432547.4160.180.25.6140
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
2%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.44 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Private owners and farmers

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Taken for

Layout, agriculture

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Where it is encroached

On the north-east, south-east and east side

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Other problems noted

Soil Excavation, Layout being developed within 30mt buffer zone

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Land within 500 m

43% built, 21% crops, 18% grass, 7% bare ground, 5% shrubs, 5% trees, 2% water

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
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Mylasandra Urumundinakere

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Catchment
0.5 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, no overflow weirs, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

STP

1.1 km away

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What lives here

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

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, layout & vacant land

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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
Mallasandra (Mylasandra)

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

36

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Height above sea level
930 m
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Coordinates

12.8453° N, 77.6227° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
87
2018 lake survey
BUBSBGmyl_kr3-1476
Lake Development Authority
LDA436
KGIS tank map
1016