Lakes of Bendakaluru
On the site now
Vacant land & road

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Srigandha Kavalu Kunte4

Kunte, a small pond, in Mallathahalli ward, Bengaluru West

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Size in the 2018 survey
0.20 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
DisappearedGone by 2016
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 1870 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1869 to 2026.
  1. 1869

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

  2. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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

  3. 2016

    Gone by 2016, says the 2018 lake survey

    0.20 acres surveyed

  4. 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

  5. 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

How big it is

2018 lake survey
0.20 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

Kind of lake
Kunte, a small pond

What took its place

On the site now
Vacant land & road
Filled in by

The public

Around it in 2018

Buildings, main road

How clean the water is

Not tested for water quality yet.

How much is built over

Land within 500 m

81% built, 10% trees, 5% crops, 3% shrubs, 0.8% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bangalore Development Authority

BDA

Where its water comes from and goes

Nearest sewage treatment plant

Mallathahalli Sewage Treatment Plant

643 m away, treats 5 million litres a day

What lives here

Birds recorded
7 species

Most seen: Rock Pigeon, Black Kite, Large-billed Crow, Glossy Ibis and Rose-ringed Parakeet.

24 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

All wildlife recorded
7 species

24 records, 2020 to 2021

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 26
Mallathahalli

ಮಲ್ಲತ್ತಹಳ್ಳಿ

Bengaluru West corporation, Rajarajeshwarinagar assembly seat

Village
Srigandhada kavalu

Yeshwanthpura hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

Land survey numbers

24

Height above sea level
867 m
Coordinates

12.9734° N, 77.4971° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNYPsgk_ku4-223