List of lakes of India

This is a list of notable lakes in India.^[1]

Bhopal is knowns as The City of Lakes, as it has 17 lakes and 5 reservoirs, biggest lake Bhojtal has an area of 31 km²

Bangalore has highest number of small lakes

Lake Palace (Jag Niwas) in Lake Pichola, Udaipur, Rajasthan

Shikaras on Dal Lake, Jammu & Kashmir

Boats on Naini Lake, Kumaon, Uttarakhand

House boat on Vembanad Lake, Kerala

Sailing on the Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh, India

Spot-billed pelican at Pulicat Lake, Andhra Pradesh

Chandubi Lake, Assam

Pangong Lake, Ladakh

Thol Lake, Gujarat

Renuka Lake, Himachal Pradesh

The ghats of Pushkar Lake, Rajasthan

Suraj Tal, Himachal Pradesh

Manasbal Lake, Kashmir

Umiam Lake, Shillong, Meghalaya

Tsomoriri, Ladakh

Sumendu Lake, Mirik, West Bengal

Damdama Lake, Haryana

Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad, Telangana

A bird flying over Hesaraghatta Lake in Bangalore, Karnataka

Upper Lake (Bhopal), Madhya Pradesh

Loktak Lake, Manipur

Lesser Flamingos at Chilika Lake, Orissa

Gurudongmar Lake, Sikkim

Ropar Wetland, Punjab

Nakki Lake, Mount Abu, Rajasthan

Kodaikanal Lake, Tamil Nadu

Emerald Lake, Ooty, Tamil Nadu

Rabindra Sarobar, Kolkata, West Bengal

Shivasagar Lake, Maharashtra

Tsongmo Lake, Sikkim

Andhra Pradesh

• Kolleru Lake
• Kondakarla Ava
• Kaniairi Lake
• Cumbum
• Pulicat Lake

Assam

• Dora Beel
• Urpad Beel
• Samaguri Beel
• Morikalang Beel
• Haflong Lake
• Sivasagar Lake
• Joysagar Lake
• Gaurisagar Lake
• Chandubi Lake
• Rudrasagar Lake Sivasagar
• Deepor Beel Bird Sanctuary
• Son Beel
• Maguri Motapung Beel
• Silsako Lake
• Chapnala Lake^[2]
• Saron Beel

Bihar

• Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary
• Ghora Katora

Chandigarh

• Sukhna Lake

Goa

• Mayem Lake
• Nanda Lake

Gujarat

• Chimnabai Lake
• Gopi Talav
• Hamirsar Lake
• Kankaria Lake
• Nal Sarovar
• Narayan Sarovar
• Sardar Sarovar Dam
• Thol Lake
• Vastrapur Lake
• Saputara Lake
• Bor talav
• Dharoi Dam
• Damodar Kund
• Sardar Sarovar Dam
• Gomti Lake
• Hamirsar Lake
• Shakoor Lake
• Soor Sagar Lake (Sursagar Lake)
• Lakhota Lake
• Para Lake
• Nagalpur Lake

Haryana

• Badkhal Lake
• Blue Bird Lake
• Brahma Sarovar
• Damdama Lake
• Karna Lake
• Sannihit Sarovar
• Surajkund
• Tilyar Lake
• Bhindawas Lake

Himachal Pradesh

See also: List of lakes in Himachal Pradesh

• Bhrigu Lake (4235 m)
• Chandra Taal (4300 m)
• Chander Naun (4260 m)
• Dashair Lake (4270 m)
• Dal Lake
• Dehnasar Lake (4280 m)
• Dhankar Lake (4270 m)
• Ghadhasaru Lake (3470 m)
• Gobind Sagar (20000 m)
• Kamrunag Lake (3334 m)
• Kareri Lake (2934 m)
• Lama Dal (3960 m)
• Mahakali Lake (4080 m)
• Manimahesh Lake (4080 m)
• Nako Lake (3662 m)
• Pong Dam Lake
• Prashar Lake (2730 m)
• Rewalsar Lake
• Suraj Tal (4883 m)

Jammu and Kashmir

• Anchar Lake
• Brari Nambal
• Dal Lake
• Gadsar Lake
• Gangabal Lake
• Gil Sar
• Hokersar
• Kausar Nag
• Khanpursar
• Khushal Sar
• Manasbal Lake
• Mansar Lake
• Marsar Lake
• Nandan Sar Lake
• Sheshnag Lake
• Satsar Lake
• Tarsar Lake
• Tulian lake
• Vishansar Lake
• Wular Lake
• Nigeen Lake
• Nilnag Lake
• Nundkol Lake
• Manasbal Lake
• Krishansar Lake

Ladakh

• Tso Moriri
• Tso Kar
• Pangong Tso
• Kyagar Tso

Karnataka

• Lakes in Bangalore
  • Mamadapur Badshah Lake
  • Bellandur Lake
  • Hebbal Lake
  • Jaraganahalli Lake
  • Lalbagh Lake
  • Madiwala Lake
  • Puttenahalli Lake (JP Nagar)
  • Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka)
  • sarakki lake
  • Ulsoor Lake
  • Varthur Lake
  • Yelahanka lake
• Mysore City lakes
  • Karanji lake
  • Kukkarahalli lake
  • Lingambudhi Lake
• Lakes in Davanagere District
  • Sulekere
• Honnamana Kere
• Pampa Sarovar

Kerala

• Ashtamudi Lake
• Kuttanad Lake
• Maanaanchira, Kozhikode
• Padinjarechira, Thrissur city
• Paravur Kayal
• Shasthamkotta lake
• Vadakkechira, Thrissur city
• Vanchikulam, Thrissur
• Vellayani Lake
• Vembanad Lake, longest lake of India
• Veli Lake

Madhya Pradesh

• Bhojtal
• Lower Lake, Bhopal
• Tawa Reservoir
• Sagar Lake (Lakha Banjara Lake)

Maharashtra

• Gorewada Lake
• Khindsi Lake
• Lonar Lake
• Pashan Lake
• Powai Lake
• Rankala Lake
• Salim Ali Lake
• Shivasagar lake
• Talao Pali
• Futala Lake
• Tansa Lake
• Tulsi Lake
• Upvan Lake
• Vaitarna Lake
• Venna Lake
• Vihar Lake
• Chatri Lake
• Meherun Lake
• Mastani Lake

Manipur

• Loktak Lake
• Pumlenpat
• Ikop Pat
• Loukoipat
• Yaralpat
• Laphupat
• Shilempat
• Keisampat (Extinct)^{[citation needed]}
• Porompat (Extinct)
• Zaimeng Lake
• Zeilad Lake

Meghalaya

• Umiam Lake

Mizoram

• Palak Dïl
• Tam Dil

Odisha

• Victoria Sagar Lake
• Anshupa Lake
• Chilka Lake
• Kanjia Lake

Puducherry

• Bahour Lake
• Ousteri Lake
• Velrampet Lake
• Nallambal Lake

Punjab

• Harike Wetland
• Kanjli Wetland
• Ropar Wetland

Rajasthan

• Balsamand lake
• Dhebar Lake / Jaisamand Lake
• Jal Mahal, Man Sagar lake
• Kaylana Lake, Kolayat
• Loonkaransar
• Nakki Lake
• Pachpadra Lake
• Pushkar Lake, Pushkar
• Rajsamand Lake
• Ramgarh Lake
• Sambhar Salt Lake
• Talwara Lake
• Ummed Sagar Bandh
• Siliserh Lake

Ajmer

• Ana Sagar Lake
• Lake Foy Sagar

Udaipur

• Fateh Sagar Lake
• Pichola lake
• Lake Badi
• Swaroop Sagar Lake
• Udaisagar Lake
• Govardhan Sagar Lake

Sikkim

• Gurudongmar Lake, highest lake of India
• Khecheopalri Lake
• Lake Cholamu
• Lake Tsongmo
• Samiti Lake
• South Lhonak Lake

Tamil Nadu

See also: List of lakes in Tamil Nadu

• Adambakkam Lake
• Coimbatore
  • Singanallur Lake
  • Ukkadam Lake Periyakulam Lake
• Berijam Lake
• Chembarambakkam Lake
• Kaliveli Lake
• Kodaikanal Lake
• Ooty Lake
• Perumal Eri
• Red Hills Lake
• Sholavaram Lake
• Veeranam Lake
• Maduranthakam Lake
• Tandi Lake

Telangana

See also: Hyderabad city lakes

• Bhadrakali Lake
• Durgam Cheruvu
• Himayat Sagar
• Hussain Sagar
• Laknavaram Lake
• Mir Alam Tank
• Osman Sagar
• Pakhal Lake
• Saroornagar Lake
• Shamirpet Lake
• Waddepally Lake
• Ramappa lake
• Gangaram Cheruvu
• Ameenpur Lake
• Fox Sagar Lake
• Gandigudem Cheruvu

Uttar Pradesh

• Gobind Vallabh Pant Sagar, largest man–made lake of India
• Barua Sagar Tal
• Belasagar Lake
• Keetham Lake
• Ramgarh Tal Lake
• Bakhira Tal Lake
• Sarsai Jheel
• Moti Jheel
• Sheetal Jheel
• Surha Tal
• Phulhar Lake

Uttarakhand

Name	District	Type	Size km2	Size Acres	Quality	Notes
Tehri Lake[3]	Tehri Garhwal	Man-made	52	12849.50	Freshwater	Created by Tehri Dam, in New Tehri
Bhimtal Lake	Nainital district	Man-made	.48	118.61	Freshwater	Created from masonry dam in Nainital Distt
Nainital Lake	Nainital district	Natural	.48	118.61	Freshwater	Kidney shaped natural freshwater lake in Nainital
Roopkund Lake	Chamoli	Natural	0.0015	0.37	Freshwater	High altitude glacial lake in Chamoli. Also called Skeleton Lake.
Deoria Tal	Rudraprayag	Natural			Freshwater	Known for its wide 300° panorama
Suryadhar Lake	Dehradun district	Man-made	.55	0.135908	Freshwater	Freshwater lake in Nainital Dehradun dist
Kedar Tal		Natural			Freshwater

West Bengal

• East Calcutta Wetlands
• Jore Pokhri
• Mirik Lake
• Rabindra Sarobar
• Rasikbil
• Santragachhi Lake
• Senchal Lake

See also

• List of lakes
• Soda lake
• Water resources in India
• Lakes portal
• India portal

References

1. Reddy, M. S.; Char, N. V. V. (10 March 2004). "Annex 2. List of Lakes". Management of Lakes in India (PDF). LakeNet's World Lakes Website. pp. 19–20.
2. "National wetland status for Son Beel". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 10 December 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
3. "Tehri Lake". euttaranchal.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

External links

• Media related to Lakes of India at Wikimedia Commons