Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Hosakote Doddaamanikere

ಹೊಸಕೋಟೆ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Hosakote lake, Hoskote Tank, Hosakate lake, Hoskote lake, Hosakate tank

See it on the map

Size

2,481 acresAbout 1,406 football pitches

Rank by size

1st largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist

Valley

Dakshina Pinakini

Who looks after it

Nobody on record looks after it

Water quality

Not tested for water quality yet

Built over

0.3% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1954, 1956 to 1973 and 1975 to 1983.

Water seen by satellite each year, up to 2,018 acres. Grey: years it saw under half the lake

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

1914

1955

1974

1984

1914
On the survey map
See source
1955
On the U.S. Army map
Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46
See source
1974
On the survey map
See source
1984-2021
Held water most years
Water in 10% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024
41% of its water area has since gone dry; 0.3% is new water
4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake
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
Mostly plants or weed every year
Floating weed shows as crops or grass here, not as water
About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years
See source
2025-2026
Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season
After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025
1% open water
16% floating weed
82% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
0% open water
2% floating weed
98% dry or built
See source

How big it is

Drawn outline

2,481 acres

About 1,406 football pitches

End to end

8.9 km

The longest straight line across the outline

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

0.3%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Land within 500 m

65% crops, 11% shrubs, 10% built, 8% trees, 5% grass, 0.8% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Nobody on record

Campaign pages

facebook.com

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley

Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

Catchment

1,316.5 km²

The land that drains into it

What lives here

Birds recorded

262 species

Most seen: Gray Heron, Indian Pond-Heron, Ashy Prinia, Spotted Dove and Black Kite.

2,03,219 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded

385 species

2,03,430 records, 1990 to 2026

Threatened species seen here

17

Spot-billed Pelican near threatened
Indian Roller near threatened
Greater spotted eagle vulnerable
River Tern vulnerable
Woolly-necked Stork near threatened
Black-tailed Godwit near threatened
Indian Spotted Eagle near threatened
Red-necked Falcon near threatened
Pallid Harrier near threatened
Tawny Eagle vulnerable
Common Pochard vulnerable
Rufous-tailed Lark near threatened
Eurasian Curlew near threatened
Steppe Eagle endangered
Egyptian Vulture endangered
Bristled Grassbird vulnerable
Asoka-tree near threatened

Photographed on iNaturalist

1,993 times

375 species, 1,651 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Pied Bushchat, Long-tailed Shrike, Baya Weaver, Purple Sunbird and Black Drongo.

Last seen Sep 2026

Around it

Nothing on record about what is around it.

Photos

Hosakote Doddaamanikere, photographed in 2020 — Sagar / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons, 2020

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru

Outside the city limits

Height above sea level

864 m

Coordinates

13.0976° N, 77.7643° E

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OpenStreetMap

Open it on OpenStreetMap

Wikidata

Its number in each record

ATREE lake map: 299
Lake Development Authority: LDA215
KGIS tank map: 17
Water bodies census: 1/12/002/000005/000021/001