Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Sarka Kunte

Also called Mylasandra Illuvarajana Katte, Sarkara kunte

Katte, a medium tank, in Mallasandra (Mylasandra) village, Bengaluru South taluk

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Size
0.91 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1410th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Dakshina Pinakini
Who looks after it
BDABangalore Development Authority
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1905 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1904 to 2026.

  1. 1904

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  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. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  4. 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

    See source

  5. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Clean, 2.30 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
    • 61% floating weed
    • 40% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 5% open water
    • 8% floating weed
    • 87% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
0.91 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
2018 lake survey
2.30 acres

About 1.3 football pitches

See source
End to end
98 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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

How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Clean
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Garbage & human defecation

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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Dumped in it

Garbage dump

See source
Land within 500 m

40% built, 27% crops, 18% trees, 9% grass, 3% shrubs, 2% bare ground, 2% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Dakshina Pinakini

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Overflows into

Damarasanakunte

See source
Catchment
0.2 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Built parts, 2018 survey

No inlet drains, no overflow weirs, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

STP

1.3 km away

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What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

See source
Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Agriculture, plantation & vacant land

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Mallasandra (Mylasandra)

Begur hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

75

See source
Height above sea level
938 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8396° N, 77.6178° E

See source

Read more

Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
220
2018 lake survey
BUBSBGmyl_gk4-1477
Lake Development Authority
LDA376
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000003/000036/001