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

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Byrappanahalli Kunte2

Kunte, a small pond, in Byrappanahalli village, Anekal taluk

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Size in the 2018 survey
0.97 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1400th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
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

    See source

  2. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

    See sourceSee source

  3. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed in most years

    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

  4. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Muddy, 0.97 acres surveyed

    See source

  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
    See source

How big it is

2018 lake survey
0.97 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
Deepest point, 2018
2.5 m
See source
Kind of lake
Kunte, a small pond
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

Land within 500 m

54% trees, 26% shrubs, 14% grass, 3% built, 2% crops, 0.7% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Built parts, 2018 survey

3 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and 1 island

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
67 species

Most seen: Tickell's Blue Flycatcher, Purple-rumped Sunbird, White-cheeked Barbet, Oriental White-eye and Purple Sunbird.

218 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
128 species

350 records, 2012 to 2026

See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
729 times

231 species, 525 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Common Mormon Swallowtail, Common Castor Butterfly, Common Tiger Butterfly, Common Leopard and Lemon Migrant.

Last seen Jul 2026

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

Inside banerughatta butterfly park

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Byrappanahalli

Jigani hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

16

See source
Height above sea level
924 m
See source
Coordinates

12.7957° N, 77.5759° E

See source

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUAKJGbyp_ku2-1066