Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Hosakere Lake

Also called Karab Kere, Moggi kere

Kere, a large tank, in Maragondanahalli Krishnasagara village, Bengaluru South taluk

See it on the map

Size

1.61 acresSmaller than a football pitch

Rank by size

1304th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist

Valley

Vrishabhavathi

Who looks after it

BDABangalore Development Authority

Water quality

Not tested for water quality yet

Built over

0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 2% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1960 and 1962 to 1983.

No open water seen by satellite, 1984-2021

What covers it each year:waterbuilt on or bareplants or weed

1914

1961

1984

1914
Not on the survey map
See source
1961
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1984-2021
No open water seen in any year
The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough
See source See source
2017-2018
In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached
This census's status marks are often wrong
See source
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
See source
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
2% encroached, clean, 3.15 acres surveyed
See source
2025-2026
Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season
The lake is small for these images, so treat the shares as rough
After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025
13% open water
27% floating weed
60% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
30% open water
3% floating weed
67% dry or built
See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline

1.61 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

2018 lake survey

3.15 acres

About 1.8 football pitches

End to end

135 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

2 m

Kind of lake

Kere, a large tank

How clean the water is

State pollution board

Not tested by the state board

How it looked in 2018

Clean

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Encroached by

Farmers

Taken for

Agriculcture land

Where it is encroached

On the south side

Other problems noted

Soil excavation

Land record maps

Survey number 4, Maragondanahalli

Land within 500 m

32% crops, 27% trees, 23% shrubs, 13% built, 3% grass, 3% water, 0.6% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley

Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

Overflows into

Muppatu Kavalu Sakari

Catchment

0.2 km²

The land that drains into it

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

Built parts, 2018 survey

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

Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

Nearest sewage treatment plant

STP-3

1.8 km away

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and free floating

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

Around it

Around it in 2018

Brick factory, vacant land, agriculture

Surveyor's note, 2018

Earlier the Kunte is in In Sy no.53 & later extended to Sy.No.4

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru

Outside the city limits

Village

Maragondanahalli Krishnasagara

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

53 (Marag. Krishnasagara), 4 (Maragondanahalli)

Height above sea level

807 m

Coordinates

12.9346° N, 77.4289° E

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Its number in each record

ATREE lake map: 994
2018 lake survey: BUBSKGmks_kr2-1271
KGIS tank map: 134
Water bodies census: 1/12/002/000003/000086/001