Lakes of Bendakaluru
On the site now
Apartment

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kodathi Kunte14

Katte, a medium tank, in Kodathi village, Bengaluru East taluk

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Size in the 2018 survey
2.88 acresAbout 1.6 football pitches
Rank by size
DisappearedGone by 2016
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
No survey of building on record

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1929 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1928 to 2026.
  1. 1928

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

  4. 2016

    Gone by 2016, says the 2018 lake survey

    2.88 acres surveyed

  5. 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

  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

How big it is

2018 lake survey
2.88 acres

About 1.6 football pitches

Kind of lake
Katte, a medium tank

What took its place

On the site now
Apartment
Filled in by

Private owners

Around it in 2018

Apartment & vacant land

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Land within 500 m

58% built, 16% crops, 8% grass, 7% trees, 5% bare ground, 5% shrubs

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

Where its water comes from and goes

Where its water comes from and goes is not on record.

What lives here

Birds recorded
1 species

Most seen: Red-vented Bulbul.

1 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
4 species

4 records, all in 2025

Photographed on iNaturalist
9 times

6 species, 4 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Giant Honey Bee, Angled Castor, Pioneer White, creeping lantana and Lime Swallowtail.

Last seen Jun 2025

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
Village
Kodathi

Varthuru hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

94, 196, 197

Height above sea level
905 m
Coordinates

12.8963° N, 77.7085° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBEVRkdt_gk16-588