Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Hullahalli Kere

Also called Chetta kere, Hommadevanahalli Lake

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

See it on the map

Size

13.4 acresAbout 7.6 football pitches

Rank by size

614th 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 0.9% encroached.

Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1891 to 1954, 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

Water seen by satellite each year, up to 9.27 acres. Grey: years it saw under half the lake

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

1890

1955

1980

1984

1890
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1955
Not on the U.S. Army map
Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46
See source
1980
Not on the survey map
See source
1984-2021
Held water most years
Water in 36% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024
3% of its water area has since gone dry; 21% is new water
4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake
See source See source
2017-2025
Mostly water every year
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
0.9% encroached, clean, 17.4 acres surveyed
See source
2025-2026
Mostly dry or built after the monsoon; mostly open water in the dry season
After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025
12% open water
16% floating weed
72% dry or built
Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026
60% open water
7% floating weed
33% dry or built
See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline

13.4 acres

About 7.6 football pitches

2018 lake survey

17.4 acres

About 9.9 football pitches

End to end

423 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

2.5 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

What pollutes it, 2018

Agriculture runoff & human defecation

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

0.2%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Encroached by

The public, farmers and developers

Taken for

Graveyard, plantation & layout

Where it is encroached

On the east and west side

Land record maps

Survey number 198, Hulla Halli

Land within 500 m

41% built, 27% crops, 14% grass, 12% trees, 5% shrubs, 0.6% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

Campaign pages

facebook.com

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley

Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

Overflows into

Catchment

1 km²

The land that drains into it

Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, no overflow weirs, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

Nearest sewage treatment plant

STP

1.6 km away

What lives here

Birds recorded

23 species

Most seen: Red-vented Bulbul, Jungle Myna, Common Myna, Clamorous Reed Warbler and Mallard.

241 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded

23 species

241 records, 2020 to 2024

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies, dragonflies and Tadpole

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent, submerged and rooted floating

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, plantation, layout & graveyard

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru

Outside the city limits

Village

Hullahalli

Jigani hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

198 (Hullahalli), 57/60 (Hommadev., Begur)

Height above sea level

930 m

Coordinates

12.8376° N, 77.6101° E

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OpenStreetMap

Open it on OpenStreetMap

Its number in each record

ATREE lake map: 300
2018 lake survey: BUAKJGhul_kr7-1086
Lake Development Authority: LDA219
KGIS tank map: 1023