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Kajarakanahalli Kunte

Kunte, a small pond, in Kalyan Nagar ward, Bengaluru North

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Size in the 2018 survey
0.13 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
DisappearedGone 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
50% encroached2018 survey

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1941 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1940 to 2026.

  1. 1940

    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

    50% encroached, 0.13 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. 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
0.13 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
Kind of lake
Kunte, a small pond
See source

What took its place

On the site now
Buildings
See source
Filled in by

The public

See source
Around it in 2018

Buildings

See source

How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
What pollutes it, 2018

Vegetable market waste dump

See source

How much is built over

Encroached area, 2017
33.5 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Encroached by

The public

See source
Taken for

Temple, sheds, school, church, building & road

See source
Where it is encroached

On the east, south-west and north side

See source
Dumped in it

Garbage, coconut & stone wastes

See source
Land within 500 m

93% built, 7% trees

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

Nearest sewage treatment plant

Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board

2.8 km away

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
1 species

Most seen: Jungle Myna.

1 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
1 species

1 records, all in 2019

See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Jungle Myna.

Last seen May 2019

See source
Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

See source
Weed cover, 2018 survey

Complete

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 31
Kalyan Nagar

ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ ನಗರ

Bengaluru North corporation, Sarvagnanagar assembly seat

See source
Village
Kacharakanahalli

Kasaba hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

46

See source
Height above sea level
907 m
See source
Coordinates

13.0175° N, 77.6379° E

See source

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
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