Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Huskur Govt Lake

ಹುಸ್ಕೂರು ಕೆರೆ

Also called Huskur Lake

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

See it on the map
Size
33.8 acresAbout 19 football pitches
Rank by size
269th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
MIMinor Irrigation Department
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.1% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 25% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1924 to 1944, 1946 to 1954, 1956 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1923 to 2026.

  1. 1923

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1945

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  4. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 22% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    11% of its water area has since gone dry; 8% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly water in most years

    About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years

    See source

  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    25% encroached, muddy, 123 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 90% open water
    • 7% floating weed
    • 4% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 94% open water
    • 6% floating weed
    • 0.6% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
33.8 acres

About 19 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
123 acres

About 70 football pitches

See source
End to end
672 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
4 m
See source
Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
See source

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

See source
Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
2 readings
See source
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
2017-12-05Inlet23.6176.72161488.21536427.450.171,600
2017-12-05Outlet26.6227.745638236.86.86415.410.1330
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.1%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
25.4 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Encroached by

Government agencies and farmers

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Taken for

Railway track, agriculture

See source
Where it is encroached

On the west and east side

See source
Other problems noted

Religious offering & major part of the lakeplantated with Jaali & Pongemea trees

See source
Land record maps
See source
Land within 500 m

33% crops, 20% grass, 18% shrubs, 17% trees, 9% built, 1% water, 0.9% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Minor Irrigation Department

MI

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Singena Agrahara Govt. Sanna Kere

See source
Catchment
23.9 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

4 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, 2 sluice gates, 2 culverts, no check dams and no islands

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation, cattle feeding and washing

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
123 species

Most seen: Indian Pond-Heron, White-throated Kingfisher, Black Drongo, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Spotted Dove.

2,095 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
125 species

2,097 records, 2017 to 2024

See source
Threatened species seen here
4
  • Greater spotted eagle vulnerable
  • Indian Roller near threatened
  • River Tern vulnerable
  • Spot-billed Pelican near threatened
See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
8 times

6 species, 6 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Common Sandpiper, Spotted Owlet, Jerdon's Leafbird, Three-striped Palm Squirrel and Common Bluetail.

Last seen May 2024

See source
Animals seen, 2018 survey

Fish, birds, frogs, butterflies and dragonflies

See source
Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

See source
Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, railway track & buildings

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Huskuru

Sarjapura hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

163 (Huskur), 51 (Harohalli), 50 (Avalahalli)

See source
Height above sea level
889 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8619° N, 77.7144° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
302
2018 lake survey
BUAKSPhku_kr1-977
Lake Development Authority
LDA223
KGIS tank map
616