Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Khajisonnenahalli Kunte4

Also called Khajisonnenahalli Kunte7, Govt. kunte

Kere, a large tank, in Khajisonnenahalli village, Bengaluru East taluk

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Size
2.30 acresAbout 1.3 football pitches
Rank by size
1236th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Hebbal
Who looks after it
Nobody on record looks after it
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
18% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1915 to 1919, 1921 to 1973 and 1975 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1914 to 2026.

  1. 1914

    Not on the survey map

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  2. 1920

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  3. 1974

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water in 5 of 38 years

    Water in 0.2% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    9% of its water area has since gone dry; 0% is new water

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

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  5. 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

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  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Muddy, 3.02 acres surveyed

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  7. 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
    • 17% floating weed
    • 83% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 8% floating weed
    • 93% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
2.30 acres

About 1.3 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
3.02 acres

About 1.7 football pitches

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End to end
132 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
1 m
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Kind of lake
Kere, a large 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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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
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Every reading
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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-2925.16.93,7001,7427012500.2163.82652
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
18%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land within 500 m

44% built, 26% crops, 11% trees, 10% grass, 5% bare ground, 4% shrubs

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Nobody on record looks after it.

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Hebbal

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Bidareagrahara Kere

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Catchment
0.1 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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What lives here

No wildlife records from this lake yet.

Around it

Around it in 2018

Safal market & vacant land

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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
Khajisonnenahalli

Bidarahalli hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

98

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Height above sea level
897 m
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Coordinates

13.0367° N, 77.7536° E

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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
522
2018 lake survey
BUBEBDkjs_kr7-854