Lakes of Bendakaluru
On the site now
Vacant land

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Bhuthanahalli Kunte-5

Also called Kunte 4

Katte, a medium tank, in Bhuthanahalli village, Anekal taluk

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Size in the 2018 survey
1.90 acresAbout 1.1 football pitches
Rank by size
DisappearedGone by 2016
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
No survey of building on record

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1924 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1923 to 2026.
  1. 1923

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

  2. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

  3. 2016

    Gone by 2016, says the 2018 lake survey

    1.90 acres surveyed

  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed 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

  5. 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

How big it is

2018 lake survey
1.90 acres

About 1.1 football pitches

Kind of lake
Katte, a medium tank

What took its place

On the site now
Vacant land
Filled in by

Farmers

Around it in 2018

Temple, agriculture land, forest

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Other problems noted

RTC is in name of Mr. Ramakrishna

Land within 500 m

48% shrubs, 21% trees, 17% grass, 10% crops, 3% built, 1% water, 0.6% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

Where its water comes from and goes

Where its water comes from and goes is not on record.

What lives here

Birds recorded
75 species

Most seen: Large-billed Crow, House Crow, Green Bee-eater, Red-whiskered Bulbul and Rock Pigeon.

214 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
78 species

218 records, 2019 to 2025

Threatened species seen here
1
  • Rufous-tailed Lark near threatened
Photographed on iNaturalist
18 times

14 species, 5 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Spade Flower, Yellow-eyed Babbler, Cipadessa baccifera, Hairy Rattlepod and Cyanotis arachnoidea.

Last seen Oct 2025

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
Village
Bhuthanahalli

Jigani hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

28

Height above sea level
898 m
Coordinates

12.8029° N, 77.5610° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUAKJGbhu_gk5-1051