Lakes of Bendakaluru
No outline on record
Only this point is known

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Sonnenahalli Kere

Kunte, a small pond, in Bharath Aikya Ward ward, Bengaluru East

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Size in the 2018 survey
23.9 acresAbout 14 football pitches
Rank by size
386th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
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 1957 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1955 to 2026.

  1. 1955

    Not on the U.S. Army map

    Compiled from Survey of India maps of 1945-46

    See source

  2. 1956

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  3. 1980

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  4. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

    See sourceSee source

  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

    See source

  6. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Muddy, 23.9 acres surveyed

    Restored, year not recorded

    See source

  7. 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
    See source

How big it is

2018 lake survey
23.9 acres

About 14 football pitches

See source
Deepest point, 2018
4 m
See source
Kind of lake
Kunte, a small pond
See source

How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Muddy
See source
Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
See source
Every reading
Show every reading

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CLight transparencycmpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-2928.368.399482042304.1722721600
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How much is built over

Encroached area, 2017
0.38 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Dumped in it

Garbage & burning waste

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Other problems noted

Borwell

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

81% built, 13% trees, 4% bare ground, 1% water, 0.8% grass, 0.7% crops

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

See source

Where its water comes from and goes

Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Hoodi Kunte3

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

3 inlet drains, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, 1 culvert, no check dams and 6 islands

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Fishing and cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sewage Treatment Plant

856 m away

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
65 species

Most seen: Rock Pigeon, Asian Koel, Common Myna, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Black Kite.

19,968 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
68 species

19,972 records, 2015 to 2024

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Threatened species seen here
1
  • Spot-billed Pelican near threatened
See source
Photographed on iNaturalist
46 times

23 species, 24 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: White-cheeked Barbet, artist's bracket, Ashy Prinia, Red-whiskered Bulbul and Jungle Myna.

Last seen Jul 2025

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

School, vacant land, apartment, farm house & oil factory

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 36
Bharath Aikya Ward

ಭಾರತ್ ಐಕ್ಯ ವಾರ್ಡ್

Bengaluru East corporation, Mahadevapura assembly seat

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Village
Sonnenahalli

KR Puram hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

33

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Height above sea level
897 m
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Coordinates

12.9667° N, 77.7131° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBEKRsnn_ku4-764