Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Marenahalli Kunte 3

Kunte, a small pond, in Marenahalli village, Bengaluru North taluk

See it on the map
Size
43.5 acresAbout 25 football pitches
Rank by size
207th 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
64% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1920 to 1926, 1928 to 1954, 1956 to 1977 and 1979 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1919 to 2026.

  1. 1919

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1927

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  3. 1955

    On the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  4. 1978

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  5. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

    See sourceSee source

  6. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  7. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2020

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

    See source

  8. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Polluted, 0.23 acres surveyed

    See source

  9. 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
43.5 acres

About 25 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
0.23 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
End to end
551 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
Polluted
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Quarry pit waste water

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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
64%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Dumped in it

Garbage dump

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Land within 500 m

49% crops, 13% shrubs, 9% trees, 9% bare ground, 8% built, 8% grass, 3% water

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

1 inlet drain, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding and R

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What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Marenahalli kere, temple & shed

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Marenahalli

Jala hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

199

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Height above sea level
904 m
See source
Coordinates

13.1110° N, 77.6827° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNJLmrn_ku4-355
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000002/000015/001