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

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Byrasandra Kunte

Also called Govt kunte

Kunte, a small pond, in G.M Palya ward, Bengaluru Central

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Size in the 2018 survey
0.63 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1468th 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
30% encroached2018 survey

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1908 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1907 to 2026.

  1. 1907

    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 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

  4. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    30% encroached, sewage, 0.63 acres surveyed

    See source

  5. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed 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
    • 100% floating weed
    • 0% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

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

How big it is

2018 lake survey
0.63 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

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

Sewage

See source
Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-west

See source

How much is built over

Encroached by

Government agencies

See source
Taken for

Road

See source
Where it is encroached

On the south side

See source
Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

See source
Land within 500 m

78% built, 19% trees, 1% crops, 1% shrubs, 0.6% grass

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
Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sewage Treatment Plant

1.4 km away

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
27 species

Most seen: Jungle Myna, Common Myna, Asian Koel, Brahminy Kite and Purple-rumped Sunbird.

72 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
30 species

75 records, 2016 to 2026

See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
9 times

5 species, 4 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Castor Semi-looper, Jigsaw, Purple-rumped Sunbird, One-spotted Seed Bug and Riptortus pedestris.

Last seen Aug 2026

See source
Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Buildings

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 18
G.M Palya

ಜಿ.ಎಂ. ಪಾಳ್ಯ

Bengaluru Central corporation, C.V. Raman Nagar assembly seat

See source
Village
Byrasandra

KR Puram hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

64

See source
Height above sea level
908 m
See source
Coordinates

12.9717° N, 77.6630° E

See source

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBEKRbys_ku2-677