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

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Uttarahalli Manavarthe Kaval Kunte5

Katte, a medium tank, in Talagattapura ward, Bengaluru South

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Size in the 2018 survey
1.60 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1309th 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
2% encroached2018 survey

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

    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

    2% encroached, clean, 1.60 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
1.60 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
Deepest point, 2018
1 m
See source
Kind of lake
Katte, a medium tank
See source

How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Clean
See source

How much is built over

Encroached by

KSSRDI*

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Taken for

Agriculture land

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Where it is encroached

On the north side

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Land within 500 m

47% trees, 41% shrubs, 8% built, 2% crops, 1% grass

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

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

See source

What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

See source
Water plants, 2018 survey

Free floating

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

KSSRDI, agriculture & vacant land

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 52
Talagattapura

ತಲಘಟ್ಟಪುರ

Bengaluru South corporation, Yeshwanthapura assembly seat

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Village
Uttarah.Manavarte Kaval

Uttarahalli hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

13

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Height above sea level
835 m
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Coordinates

12.8517° N, 77.5261° E

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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBSUHumk_gk6-1378