Lakes of Bendakaluru
No outline on record
Only this point is known

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Begur Kunte4

Katte, a medium tank, in Vijaya Bank Layout ward, Bengaluru South

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Size in the 2018 survey
1.02 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1389th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
1% encroached2018 survey

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1956 to 1965 and 1967 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1955 to 2026.

  1. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  2. 1966

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

    The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough

    See sourceSee source

  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

    The lake is known only as a point or is under a quarter acre, so the shares are rough

    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

    1% encroached, muddy, 1.02 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 2025-2026

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

    The lake is small for these images, so treat the shares as rough

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% 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

2018 lake survey
1.02 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
Deepest point, 2018
1 m
See source
Kind of lake
Katte, a medium 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

How much is built over

Encroached by

Private owners

See source
Taken for

Vacant land

See source
Where it is encroached

On the north-east side

See source
Land record maps
See source
Land within 500 m

30% built, 18% grass, 17% trees, 17% crops, 7% wetland, 6% shrubs, 4% bare ground, 2% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

Hulimavu 10MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

678 m away, treats 10 million litres a day

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
19 species

Most seen: Red Avadavat, Purple Heron, Rock Pigeon, House Crow and Black Drongo.

20 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
19 species

20 records, all in 2019

See source
Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

See source
Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

See source
Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Hulimavu lake, vacant land, hill & coconut plantation layout

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 59
Vijaya Bank Layout

ವಿಜಯ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಲೇಔಟ್

Bengaluru South corporation, Bommanahalli assembly seat

See source
Village
Begur

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

334

See source
Height above sea level
918 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8692° N, 77.6089° E

See source

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBSBGbgu_gk8-1411