Lakes of Bendakaluru
On the site now
Government school, park, road, dry waste collected unit & buildings

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Gangondanahalli Kunte

Katte, a medium tank, in Chandra Layout ward, Bengaluru West

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Size in the 2018 survey
1.93 acresAbout 1.1 football pitches
Rank by size
ConvertedGone by 2016
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
No survey of building on record

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1957 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1956 to 2026.

  1. 1956

    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. 2016

    Gone by 2016, says the 2018 lake survey

    1.93 acres surveyed

    See 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. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP

    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

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

Land records
2.38 acres

About 1.3 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
1.93 acres

About 1.1 football pitches

See source
Kind of lake
Katte, a medium tank
See source

What took its place

On the site now
Government school, park, road, dry waste collected unit & buildings
See source
Filled in by

Government agencies and the public

See source
Around it in 2018

Chandra layout

See source

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Land within 500 m

92% built, 8% trees

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
City work on the lake
Used for other purpose
See source
City zone
West
See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Nearest sewage treatment plant

Vrishabhavathi Valley 150MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

2.6 km away, treats 150 million litres a day

See source

What lives here

All wildlife recorded
2 species

2 records, 2015 to 2025

See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
4 times

2 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Madagascar Periwinkle and Cyrtococcum patens.

Last seen Jul 2025

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 80
Chandra Layout

ಚಂದ್ರ ಲೇಔಟ್

Bengaluru West corporation, Govindraj Nagar assembly seat

See source
Village
Gangondanahalli

Yeshwanthpura hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

8

See source
Height above sea level
914 m
See source
Coordinates

12.9581° N, 77.5245° E

See source

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNYPggd_gk1-108