List of largest reservoirs in India

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Map of the major rivers, lakes and reservoirs in India

This is a list of largest reservoirs in India, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater or equal to 1,000,000 acre feet (1.2 km3). In terms of number of dams, India ranks fourth after China, USA and Russia. However per capita storage in India is only 225 cubic metres, which is far less compared to China(1,200 cubic metres),” Currently there are 4710 completed large dams and 390 are under construction.[1][2] In India most of the dams are maintained by the State Governments while there are a few other organizations, namely, Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) who also now own and operate dams.

List[edit]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
State / UT River Dam Height Length Type Storage capacity Reservoir Area Complete
Uttar Pradesh Rihand River Rihand Dam (Govind Ballabh pant Sagar) 91.44 m

(300 ft)

30km

(98425 ft)

Concrete Gravity 10.6 km3 50,148 km2 1962
Kerala Periyar Idukki Dam 168.91 m

(554 ft)

365.85 m

(1200 ft)

Double curvatureArch 1.996 km3

(1,618,184 acre⋅ft)

649.3 km2

(251 sq mi)

1973
Maharashtra Godavari Jayakwadi Dam 41.30 m (135 ft) 9,998 m (32,802 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 2.909 km3 (2,358,365 acre⋅ft) 21,750 km2 (5,374,542 acres) 1976
Maharashtra Bhima river Ujjani Dam 54.4 m (178 ft) 2,534 m (8,314 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 3.14 km3 (2,545,639 acre⋅ft) 337 km2 (83,275 acres) 1980
Maharashtra Koyna River Koyna Dam 103.2 m (339 ft) 807.2 m (2,648 ft) Gravity 2.7974 km3 (2,267,889 acre⋅ft) 891.78 km2 (220,364 acres) 1964
Madhya Pradesh Narmada Indira Sagar 92 m (302 ft) 653 m (2,142 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 12.2 km3 (9,890,701 acre⋅ft) 61,642 km2 (15,232,070 acres) 2005
Telangana Godavari Sriram Sagar 43 m (141 ft) 15,600 m (51,181 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 3.172 km3 (2,571,582 acre⋅ft) 450.82 km2 (111,400 acres) 1977
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Krishna Nagarjuna Sagar 124.66 m (409 ft) 4,865 m (15,961 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 11.561 km3 (9,372,655 acre⋅ft) 284.9 km2 (70,400 acres) 1960
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Krishna Srisailam 145 m (476 ft) 512 m (1,680 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 8.722 km3 (7,071,040 acre⋅ft) 616.42 km2 (152,321 acres) 1984
Andhra Pradesh Pennar Somasila 39 m (128 ft) 760 m (2,493 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 2.20862 km3 (1,790,557 acre⋅ft) 212.28 km2 (52,456 acres) 1989
Himachal Pradesh Sutlej Bhakra Dam 226 m (741 ft) 518 m (1,699 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 9.62 km3 (7,799,061 acre⋅ft) 168.35 km2 (41,600 acres) 1963
Odisha Mahanadi River Hirakud Dam 183 m (600 ft) 50 km (164,042 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 5.896 km3 (4,779,965 acre⋅ft) 83,400 km2 (20,608,589 acres) 1957
Tamil Nadu River Kaveri Mettur Dam 65 m

(213.2 ft)

1.7 km

(5,577ft)93.5TMC

Masonry

& Gravity

2.64 km3

(2,140,286 acre-ft)

42.5 km2(10,502 acres) 1934
Gujarat Narmada River Sardar Sarovar Dam 138.68 m (455 ft) 1,210 m (3,970 ft) Gravity Dam 9.5 km3 (7,701,775 acre⋅ft) 375.33 km2 2017
Gujarat Tapti River Ukai Dam 105.16 m (345 ft) 4,927 m (16,165 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 7.41 km3 (6,007,385 acre⋅ft) 612 km2 (151,228 acres) 1972
Uttarakhand Bhagirathi River Tehri Dam 260.5 m (855 ft) 575 m (1,886 ft) Embankment, earth and rock-fill 4 km3 (3,242,853 acre⋅ft) 52 km2 (12,849 acres) 2006

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Statewise dams in India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ "National register of dams in India" (PDF). Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
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