Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Chinakurchi Kunte2

Katte, a medium tank, in Chinnakurchi village, Bengaluru South taluk

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Size
2.96 acresAbout 1.7 football pitches
Rank by size
1166th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
4% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1913, 1915 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1903 to 2026.

  1. 1903

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1914

    Not on the survey map

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  3. 1973

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 6 of 38 years

    Water in 0.8% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 6% is new water

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  5. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed every year

    Floating weed shows as crops or grass here, not as water

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

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  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Muddy, 1.52 acres surveyed

    See source

  7. 2025-2026

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

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 1% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 99% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
2.96 acres

About 1.7 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
1.52 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

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End to end
165 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2 m
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Kind of lake
Katte, a medium tank
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How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Muddy
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What pollutes it, 2018

Cattle wading & agriculture runoff

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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
4%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Other problems noted

Soil excavation

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Land within 500 m

37% crops, 36% shrubs, 16% grass, 8% trees, 3% built

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Chinnakurchi Kere-2

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Catchment
0.6 km²

The land that drains into it

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Built parts, 2018 survey

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

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding and religious activity

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What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture land, poultry, mango & banana plantation

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Chinnakurchi

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

67

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Height above sea level
761 m
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Coordinates

12.8118° N, 77.4634° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGcnk_gk2-1178