Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kommasandra Kunte-3

Kunte, a small pond, in Kommasandra village, Anekal taluk

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Size
6.17 acresAbout 3.5 football pitches
Rank by size
944th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1924 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1923 to 2026.

  1. 1923

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1980

    On the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

    See sourceSee source

  4. 2017-2025

    No one cover holds over half of it in most years

    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

    Muddy, 0.70 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed after the monsoon; mostly dry or built 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
    • 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
6.17 acres

About 3.5 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
0.70 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
End to end
264 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
1 m
See source
Kind of lake
Kunte, a small pond
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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
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

52% crops, 17% shrubs, 11% trees, 11% grass, 9% built

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Built parts, 2018 survey

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

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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What lives here

Birds recorded
59 species

Most seen: Rose-ringed Parakeet, Common Myna, Little Cormorant, Black Kite and Little Grebe.

281 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
59 species

281 records, 2022 to 2024

See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Oriental Darter.

Last seen Sep 2023

See source
Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Eucalyptus plants, vacant land & komasandra kere

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Kommasandra

Sarjapura hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

20

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Height above sea level
894 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8590° N, 77.7377° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUAKSPkms_ku4-990