Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Maragondanahalli Kere

Also called Hosakere, Shikaripalya Lake

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

See it on the map
Size
5.32 acresAbout 3 football pitches
Rank by size
1005th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.4% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 10% encroached.
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1943 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1942 to 2026.

  1. 1942

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 12% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 25% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  4. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  5. 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

  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    10% encroached, polluted, 19.0 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 35% open water
    • 8% floating weed
    • 57% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
5.32 acres

About 3 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
19.0 acres

About 11 football pitches

See source
End to end
233 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 m
See source
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
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the south-west

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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
2018-01-09Inlet25.457.61,4331,4084051.50.69622.40.654.61,600
2018-01-09Outlet217.91,5981,49090440.69622.44.2561,600
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.4%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
1.09 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

The public and government agencies

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Taken for

Coconut plantation, houses & government school

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Where it is encroached

On the north and east side

See source
Dumped in it

Construction debris, garbage dump

See source
Land record maps
See source
Land within 500 m

54% built, 19% crops, 14% trees, 6% grass, 5% shrubs, 1% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

See source
Campaign pages
See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Gollahalli Govt Lake

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Catchment
1.2 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain & drain fed

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
35 species

Most seen: Indian Pond-Heron, Ashy Prinia, Little Egret, Eurasian Coot and Black Kite.

80 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
38 species

89 records, 2023 to 2024

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Photographed on iNaturalist
24 times

16 species, 21 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Plain Tiger Butterfly, Common Cerulean, Ashy Prinia, Indian Pond-Heron and Mottled Emigrant.

Last seen May 2025

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Layout, vacant land, plantation, settlement, shed, school & buildings

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Maragondanahalli

Jigani hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

110

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Height above sea level
924 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8330° N, 77.6525° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
266
2018 lake survey
BUAKJGmrg_kr1-1099
Lake Development Authority
LDA352
KGIS tank map
991
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000003/000091/004