Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kallakatte

Also called Karabu kunte

Katte, a medium tank, in Rajanakunte village, Bengaluru North taluk

See it on the map
Size
1.38 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1341st 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
60% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 0.5% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1928 to 1956 and 1958 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1927 to 2026.

  1. 1927

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  2. 1957

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water until 2017

    Water in 8% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    38% of its water area has since gone dry; 0% is new water

    The lake is small for this record, so treat it as rough

    See sourceSee source

  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

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

    See source

  5. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    0.5% encroached, muddy, 1.60 acres surveyed

    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.

Drawn outline
1.38 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
2018 lake survey
1.60 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
End to end
104 m

The longest straight line across the outline

See source
Deepest point, 2018
1 m
See source
Kind of lake
Katte, a medium tank
See source

How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Muddy
See source

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
60%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Encroached by

Government agencies

See source
Taken for

Ambedkar bhavan

See source
Where it is encroached

On the north-west side

See source
Dumped in it

Garbage waste

See source
Land record maps
See source
Land within 500 m

48% built, 33% crops, 9% shrubs, 7% trees, 3% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Built parts, 2018 survey

No inlet drains, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

See source

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies and birds

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Buildings

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Rajanakunte

Hesaraghatta hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

61

See source
Height above sea level
926 m
See source
Coordinates

13.1726° N, 77.5608° E

See source

Read more

Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNHGrjk_gk1-434
KGIS tank map
898