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

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Sorahunase Kunte1

Kunte, a small pond, in Varthur ward, Bengaluru East

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Size in the 2018 survey
0.75 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1438th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
No valley on record
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
No survey of building on record

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

    Held water until 2018

    Water in 0.5% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

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

    See sourceSee source

  3. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2019

    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

  4. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Clean, 0.75 acres surveyed

    See source

  5. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon; mostly floating weed 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
    • 100% floating weed
    • 0% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

2018 lake survey
0.75 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
Deepest point, 2018
2.5 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
Clean
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Human defecation

See source

How much is built over

Dumped in it

Construction debris

See source
Land within 500 m

50% crops, 23% built, 11% shrubs, 8% grass, 7% trees, 2% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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

Fishing

See source

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Butterflies and dragonflies

See source
Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent and free floating

See source
Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

College, temple & eucalyptus plantation

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 40
Varthur

ವರ್ತೂರು

Bengaluru East corporation, Mahadevapura assembly seat

See source
Village
Sorahunase

Varthuru hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

48

See source
Height above sea level
884 m
See source
Coordinates

12.9440° N, 77.7652° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBEVRsrh_ku1-626