Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Kumbenaagrahara Kunte

Also called Karab kunte

Katte, a medium tank, in Belathur ward, Bengaluru East

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Size
0.83 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1422nd 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 1960 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1959 to 2026.

  1. 1959

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  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. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2022

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

    See source

  4. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Muddy, 1.45 acres surveyed

    See source

  5. 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
0.83 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
2018 lake survey
1.45 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
End to end
94 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.25 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

37% built, 22% trees, 18% shrubs, 17% crops, 5% grass, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

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Where its water comes from and goes

Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain and 1 culvert

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

BWSSB 5MLD ISPS Sadarmangala

2.2 km away, treats 5 million litres a day

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What lives here

Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Eucalyptus plantation, apartments & railway track

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 30
Belathur

ಬೆಳತ್ತೂರ್

Bengaluru East corporation, Mahadevapura assembly seat

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Village
Kumbena Agrahara

Bidarahalli hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

24

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Height above sea level
885 m
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Coordinates

12.9992° N, 77.7461° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBEBDkba_gk1-890