Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Thannisandra Kunte2

Kunte, a small pond, in Thanisandra ward, Bengaluru North

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Size
0.14 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1598th 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
89% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1903 to 2026.

  1. 1903

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  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. 2017-2025

    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

  4. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Dry, 0.57 acres surveyed

    See source

  5. 2025-2026

    Mostly floating weed 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
    • 100% floating weed
    • 0% 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

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

Drawn outline
0.14 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
2018 lake survey
0.57 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
End to end
34 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
1.5 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
Dry
See source

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
89%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land within 500 m

66% built, 19% crops, 8% shrubs, 6% trees, 0.6% grass

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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Where its water comes from and goes

Built parts, 2018 survey

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

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sewage Treatment Plant

1.7 km away, treats 40 million litres a day

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What lives here

Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Temple, houses & vacant land

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 19
Thanisandra

ಥಣಿಸಂದ್ರ

Bengaluru North corporation, Byatarayanapura assembly seat

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Village
Tannisandra

KR Puram hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

4

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Height above sea level
900 m
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Coordinates

13.0551° N, 77.6356° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBEKRtns_ku2-770