Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Mylasandra Hosakere

Also called Mylasandra Chikka Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Mallasandra (Mylasandra) village, Bengaluru South taluk

See it on the map
Size
2.79 acresAbout 1.6 football pitches
Rank by size
1188th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
2% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021
Campaign
Residents are organising here

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1904 to 2026.

  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water in 19 of 38 years

    Water in 2% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    13% of its water area has since gone dry; 7% is new water

    Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry

    See sourceSee source

  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2019

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

    See source

  5. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Clean, 4.47 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 30% open water
    • 54% floating weed
    • 16% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 28% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 72% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
2.79 acres

About 1.6 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
4.47 acres

About 2.5 football pitches

See source
End to end
197 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2 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
Clean
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Garbage & human defecation

See source
Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 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
2018-01-0926227.821516812107.4161.610.211.270
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
2%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.16 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Dumped in it

Garbage dump

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Land within 500 m

24% crops, 22% built, 19% grass, 18% trees, 14% shrubs, 2% water, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

See source
Campaign pages
See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Chikka Kammanahalli E

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Catchment
0.4 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

STP

203 m away

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What lives here

Birds recorded
83 species

Most seen: Black Kite, Green Bee-eater, Spotted Dove, Red-whiskered Bulbul and Scaly-breasted Munia.

748 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
83 species

748 records, 2020 to 2024

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Indian Roller near threatened
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Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

1 species.

Most seen: Sweet acacia.

Last seen Aug 2025

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and Bt.fly snake

See source
Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and submerged

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

P., vacant land & layout

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Mallasandra (Mylasandra)

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

70

See source
Height above sea level
920 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8492° N, 77.6140° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
85
2018 lake survey
BUBSBGmyl_kr5-1478
Lake Development Authority
LDA375
KGIS tank map
1018