Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Vasanthapura Katte

ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಿ

Also called Vasantapura Temple Kalyani

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

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Size
1.45 acresSmaller than a football pitch
Rank by size
1332nd largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
26% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 5% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1961 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1960 to 2026.

  1. 1960

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

    See source

  2. 1984-2021

    Held water in 16 of 38 years

    Water in 2% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    13% of its water area has since gone dry; 13% is new water

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

    See sourceSee source

  3. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

    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

    5% encroached, polluted, 1.82 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water 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

    • 61% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 39% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 43% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 57% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
1.45 acres

Smaller than a football pitch

See source
2018 lake survey
1.82 acres

About 1 football pitch

See source
End to end
109 m

The longest straight line across the outline

See source
Deepest point, 2018
1.5 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
Polluted
See source
What pollutes it, 2018

Road runoff

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north

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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
26%

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source
Encroached by

Government agencies and the public

See source
Taken for

Road & arya vaisnya kalyana mantapa

See source
Where it is encroached

On the north and north-west side

See source
Dumped in it

Garbage dump

See source
Land within 500 m

75% built, 16% trees, 5% crops, 3% grass, 1% water, 0.5% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

See source

Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

See source
City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

See source
Water comes from
See source
Overflows into

Devarakere

See source
Catchment
0.9 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Built parts, 2018 survey

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

See source
Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sarakki 5MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

2.3 km away, treats 5 million litres a day

See source

What lives here

Birds recorded
36 species

Most seen: White-throated Kingfisher, Black Kite, White-cheeked Barbet, Red-whiskered Bulbul and Red-wattled Lapwing.

93 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

See source
All wildlife recorded
36 species

93 records, 2020 to 2024

See source
Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

See source

Around it

Around it in 2018

Vacant land, Sri Sai baba temple, buildings

See source

Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 48
Vasanthapura

ವಸಂತಪುರ

Bengaluru South corporation, Bangalore South assembly seat

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Village
Vasanthpura

Uttarahalli hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

21

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Height above sea level
887 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8947° N, 77.5540° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
See source
Its number in each record
2018 lake survey
BUBSUHvsp_gk1-1383
KGIS tank map
1040
Water bodies census
2/12/002/276600/1302869/003
City lake monitoring site
145