Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Govt. Kere

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

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Size

1.60 acresSmaller than a football pitch

Rank by size

1305th 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

7% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 5% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1983.

No open water seen by satellite, 1984-2021

What covers it each year:waterbuilt on or bareplants or weed

1904

1984

1904
Built
As the 2018 lake survey records it
See source
1984-2021
No open water seen in any year
The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough
See source See source
2017-2025
Mostly built on or bare from 2023
About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years
See source
2018
Still there in the 2018 lake survey
5% encroached, clean, 2.75 acres surveyed
See source
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

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

Drawn outline

1.60 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

2018 lake survey

2.75 acres

About 1.6 football pitches

End to end

139 m

The longest straight line across the outline

Deepest point, 2018

2 m

Kind of lake

Katte, a medium tank

How clean the water is

State pollution board

Not tested by the state board

How it looked in 2018

Clean

How much is built over

Built inside the outline

7%

From satellite land cover, 2021

Encroached area, 2017

0.33 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

Encroached by

Government agencies and the public

Taken for

Road & vacant land

Where it is encroached

On the north-east and south side

Dumped in it

Construction debris, garbage dump

Other problems noted

Soil Excavation

Land within 500 m

29% built, 23% grass, 19% trees, 18% crops, 6% shrubs, 3% bare ground, 2% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by

Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

Where its water comes from and goes

Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

Nearest sewage treatment plant

STP

2.1 km away

What lives here

Birds recorded

15 species

Most seen: Jungle Myna, Common Myna, Eurasian Moorhen, White-throated Kingfisher and Green Bee-eater.

22 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded

18 species

25 records, 2022 to 2024

Photographed on iNaturalist

19 times

14 species, 17 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Common Myna, Eurasian Moorhen, Gray-headed Swamphen, Jungle Myna and Indian Pond-Heron.

Last seen Aug 2024

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies and dragonflies

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and rooted floating

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

Around it

Around it in 2018

Dump yard, eucalyptus plantation, hill, agriculture land, temple & quarry

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru

Outside the city limits

Village

Bettadasanpura

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

19

Height above sea level

938 m

Coordinates

12.8380° N, 77.6287° E

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OpenStreetMap

Open it on OpenStreetMap

Its number in each record

2018 lake survey: BUBSBGbdp_gk3-1420