Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Hosakere

Also called Bingipura lake

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

See it on the map
Size
20.8 acresAbout 12 football pitches
Rank by size
439th 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
0.2% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 6% encroached.
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1956 to 1960, 1962 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1955 to 2026.

  1. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

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  2. 1961

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  3. 1980

    On the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 30% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    6% of its water area has since gone dry; 40% 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. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly water every year

    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

    6% encroached, polluted, 28.0 acres surveyed

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  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 47% open water
    • 51% floating weed
    • 3% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 2% open water
    • 88% floating weed
    • 10% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
20.8 acres

About 12 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
28.0 acres

About 16 football pitches

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End to end
544 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
Polluted
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What pollutes it, 2018

Dump yard seepage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-west

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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
2017-12-06Inlet27.697.71,0588422116.27.84813.80.114900
2017-12-06Outlet27.9138.41,0016505017.37.68022.60.22850
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.2%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
2.22 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Farmers

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Taken for

Agriculture & plantation

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Where it is encroached

On the north-west and south side

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Dumped in it

AG dump, burning waste

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Other problems noted

Borwell

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Land within 500 m

41% crops, 17% built, 17% trees, 17% grass, 6% shrubs, 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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Campaign pages
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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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Water comes from
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Overflows into

Varadanakunte

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Catchment
1.5 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

4 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 1 culvert, no check dams and no islands

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

STP

2.7 km away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
107 species

Most seen: Indian Pond-Heron, Green Bee-eater, Red-wattled Lapwing, Common Sandpiper and Little Egret.

914 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
129 species

950 records, 2017 to 2025

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Threatened species seen here
2
  • Indian Roller near threatened
  • River Tern vulnerable
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Photographed on iNaturalist
324 times

87 species, 277 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Asian Green Bee-eater, Grey Heron, Little Grebe, Little Egret and Purple Heron.

Last seen Dec 2025

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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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

Agriculture, plantation, vacant land, darga, road & graveyard

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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
Bingipura

Jigani hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

214

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Height above sea level
924 m
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Coordinates

12.8325° N, 77.6308° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
227
2018 lake survey
BUAKJGbin_kr1-1057
Lake Development Authority
LDA060
KGIS tank map
990
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000001/000032/001