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

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Thimmasandra Kunte

Also called Govt. Well

Kunte, a small pond, in Thimmasandra village, Bengaluru North taluk

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Size in the 2018 survey
0.17 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1589th 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 1920 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1919 to 2026.

  1. 1919

    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. 2017-2025

    Mostly plants or weed 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, 0.17 acres surveyed

    See source

  5. 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
    • 100% floating weed
    • 0% 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
0.17 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
Deepest point, 2018
1 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
Dry
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Road runoff

See source

How much is built over

Dumped in it

Poultry waste

See source
Land within 500 m

58% crops, 17% trees, 11% shrubs, 10% built, 2% grass, 1% 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

Built parts, 2018 survey

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

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
43 species

Most seen: Common Myna, Black Kite, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Eastern Red-rumped Swallow and Greater Coucal.

61 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
43 species

61 records, all in 2024

See source
Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Eucalyptus & guva plantation & agriculture land

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
See source
Village
Thimmasandra

Jala hobli, Bengaluru North taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

See source
Land survey numbers

63

See source
Height above sea level
912 m
See source
Coordinates

13.1686° N, 77.5808° E

See source

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBNJLtms_ku2-371