Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Vabasandra Kunte1

Also called Gavikere

Katte, a medium tank, in Vabasandra village, Anekal taluk

See it on the map
Size
2.65 acresAbout 1.5 football pitches
Rank by size
1201st 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
0% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 50% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1924 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1923 to 2026.

  1. 1923

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1980

    Not on the survey map

    See source

  3. 1984-2021

    Held water in 20 of 38 years

    Water in 6% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 14% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  4. 2017-2025

    No one cover holds over half of it in most years

    About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years

    See source

  5. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    50% encroached, clean, 1.15 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 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
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
2.65 acres

About 1.5 football pitches

See source
2018 lake survey
1.15 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
End to end
164 m

The longest straight line across the outline

See source
Deepest point, 2018
2.5 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

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Encroached area, 2017
0.55 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

See source
Encroached by

Farmers

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Taken for

Agriculture land

See source
Where it is encroached

On the south side

See source
Land record maps
See source
Land within 500 m

33% crops, 20% grass, 17% built, 14% trees, 12% shrubs, 2% water, 2% bare ground

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, 1 sluice gate, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

See source
Used for, 2018 survey

Irrigation

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What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Eucalyptus plantation quarry & 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
Vabasandra

Jigani hobli, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

15

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Height above sea level
927 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8152° N, 77.6551° E

See source

Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUAKJGvbs_gk1-1106
KGIS tank map
1097