This is a list of notable lakes in India. Sukhna Lake Chandigarh

Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe

Haryana Tourism restaurant on Damdama Lake

A home on Loktak Lake Moirang Manipur India

Andhra Pradesh

Kolleru Lake Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India located in state of Andhra Pradesh and forms the largest shallow freshwater lake in Asia (with 245 km2 of lake area and 302 km2 of total Ramsar designated wetland), 15 kilometers aw ...

* Kondakarla Ava * Kaniairi Lake * Cumbum * Pulicat Lake

Assam

* Dora Beel * Urpad Beel *

Samaguri Beel Samaguri Beel (also known as Pokhi Tirtha or Bird Pilgrimage) is a ox-bow shaped (U-shaped) wetland and lake located near to Nagaon town in Nagaon district of Assam. This Beel is situated in the Brahmaputra river basin. This lake is formed by t ...

* Morikalang Beel * Haflong Lake * Sivasagar Lake * Joysagar Lake * Gaurisagar Lake * Chandubi Lake * Rudrasagar Lake Sivasagar *

Deepor Beel Dipor Bil, also spelt Deepor Beel (Pron: dɪpɔ:(r) bɪl) (''bil'' or ''beel'' means "lake" in the local Assamese language), is located to the south-west of Guwahati city, in Kamrup Metropolitan district of Assam, India. It is a permanent fres ...

Bird Sanctuary * Son Beel * Maguri Motapung Beel * Silsako Lake * Chapnala Lake * Saron Beel

Bihar

Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary The Kanwar Taal or Kabar Taal Lake or Kabartal Wetland located in Begusarai district of Bihar, India, is Asia's largest freshwater oxbow lake. It is approximately six timesKanwar lake: birds' paradise lost https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/ka ...

Ghora Katora Ghora Katora (Aimee Maganda) which means "Horse Bowl" is a natural lake near the city of Rajgir in the Indian state of Bihar. The shape of the lake resembles that of a horse and is surrounded by mountains on three of the sides. The lake attrac ...

Chandigarh

* Sukhna Lake

Gujarat

Gopi Talav Gopi Talav or Gopi Lake is a lake in the Gopipura locality in the city of Surat in Gujarat state of India. It was built in circa 1510 CE by Malik Gopi, who was an affluent merchant and governor of Surat during the Gujarat Sultanate. In 2012, the ...

* Hamirsar Lake *

Kankaria Lake Kankaria Lake is the second largest lake in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is located in the south-eastern part of the city, in the Maninagar area. It was completed in 1451 during the reign of Sultan Qutb-ud-Din Ahmad Shah II though its origin ...

* Nal Sarovar * Narayan Sarovar *

Sardar Sarovar Dam The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a concrete gravity dam built on the Narmada River in Navagam near the town of Kevadiya, Narmada District, in the state of Gujarat, India. The dam was constructed to provide water and electricity to four Indian state ...

* Thol Lake * Vastrapur Lake *

Saputara Lake Saputara Lake is a man made lake situated in the Dang District, Gujarat, India. The Saputara Lake is located at a mere distance of 1 kilometer from the main city hill station. Saputara town is part of Dang district in Gujarat. It is a tourist des ...

* Bortalav * Dharoi Dam *

Damodar Kund Damodar Kund ( gu, દામોદર કુંડ) is one of the sacred lakes as per Hindu beliefs, which is located at the foothills of Girnar hills, near Junagadh in Gujarat, India. It is considered holy, as per Hindu mythology and many Hind ...

* Bindu Sarovar *

Gomti Lake The Gomti, Gumti or Gomati River is a tributary of the Ganges. According to beliefs, the river is the son of Rishi Vashistha, Vashishtha and bathing in the Gomti on Ekadashi (the 11th day of the two lunar phases of the Hindu calendar month) can ...

* Hamirsar Lake * Shakoor Lake * Soor Sagar Lake ( Sursagar Lake) * Lakhota Lake

Haryana

Badkhal Lake Badkhal Lake was a natural lake situated in Badkhal village near Faridabad, in the Indian state of Haryana, about 32 kilometers from the national capital of Delhi. Fringed by the hills of the Aravalli Range, this was a man-made embankment. Owin ...

Blue Bird Lake Blue Bird Lake, Hisar is a resident and endangered migratory bird wetland habitat, lake and recreation area in the town of Hisar, in the Hisar district of Haryana State, India.Brahma Sarovar Brahma Sarovar is an ancient water pool sacred to Hinduism in old Kurukshetra city, in the state of Haryana in North India,India. Hinduism lays emphasis on taking bath for internal and external purity. Most religious sites have water poo ...

Damdama Lake Damda reservoir in Sohna, near Gurugram city in Gurugram district in the Indian state of Haryana.Rajiv Tiwari"Delhi A Travel Guide" . Damdama Lake is a small lake in Haryana and was formed when a stone and earthen dam constructed by the Briti ...

* Karna Lake *

Sannihit Sarovar Sannihit Sarovar is a sacred water reservoir in the Kurukshetra district of Haryana, India. It is believed to be the meeting point of seven sacred Sarasvatis. The ''sarovar'', according to popular belief, contains sacred water. Bathing in the s ...

Surajkund Surajkund is an ancient reservoir of the 10th century located on Southern Delhi Ridge of Aravalli range in Faridabad city of Haryana state about 8 km (5mi) from South Delhi. Surajkund (literally 'Lake of the Sun') is an artificial Kund (' ...

* Tilyar Lake * Bhindawas Lake

Himachal Pradesh

* Bhrigu Lake (4235 m) *

Chandra Taal Tso Chigma or Chandra Taal (meaning the ''Lake of the Moon''), or Chandra Tal is a lake in the spiti part of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Chandra Taal is near the source of the Chandra River. Despite the rugged ...

(4300 m) * Chander Naun (4260 m) * Dashair Lake (4270 m) *

Dal Lake Dal is a lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is an urban lake, the second largest lake in Jammu and Kashmir, and the most visited place in Srinagar by tourists and locals. It is integral to tourism and recreation in th ...

* Dehnasar Lake (4280 m) * Dhankar Lake (4270 m) *

Ghadhasaru Lake Ghadhasaru Lake or Gadasru Mahadev Lake (alternatively spelled as Gandasaru or Gadasaru) is a high altitude lake located near Devikothi village of the Churah tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh, India at an elevation of about a ...

(3470 m) * Gobind Sagar * Kamrunag Lake (3334 m) * Kareri Lake (2934 m) * Lama Dal (3960 m) *

Mahakali Lake Mahakali Lake is a high altitude lake which lies between Sano and Gudial villages of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is about above the sea level. This lake remains frozen for 6 months from November to April. History Lake i ...

(4080 m) *

Manimahesh Lake Manimahesh Lake (also known as Dal Lake, Manimahesh) is a high altitude lake (elevation ) situated close to the Manimahesh Kailash Peak in the Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas, in the Bharmour subdivision of Chamba district of the Indian stat ...

(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 *

Gadsar Lake The Gadsar Lake, also called ''the valley of flowers'', is a picturesque, alpine high altitude oligotrophic lake is close to Sonamarg & Ganderbal town in Ganderbal district of Kashmir valley in Jammu and Kashmir, India at an elevation of . It ...

* Gangabal Lake *

Gil Sar Gil Sar (IPA: /ɡilʲ/ /sar/) is a freshwater lake located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is in a highly deteriorated condition. The lake is sometimes considered a part of the Khushal Sar lake but is separated from it by a narrow st ...

Hokersar The Hokersar is a wetland conservation area in Zainakote, near Srinagar city in Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It lies in the Kashmir Valley, northwest of Srinagar. The Hokersar, which spreads over , is a designated bird sanctu ...

* Kausar Nag * Khanpursar *

Khushal Sar Khushal Sar ( ; ) is a lake located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is in a highly environmental degradation, deteriorated condition and has been wikt:encroachment, encroached upon at many places w ...

* Manasbal Lake * Mansar Lake * Marsar Lake * Nandan Sar Lake * Sheshnag Lake * Satsar Lake *

Tarsar Lake The Tarsar Lake or Tar Sar is an almond-shaped, oligotrophic alpine lake situated in between Sindh and Lidder valleys. On its west side lies Dachigam National Park, and on its south side lies Tral. The shortest route for reaching it, is from Su ...

* Tulian lake *

Vishansar Lake The Vishansar Lake is an alpine high-elevation oligotrophic lake, situated near Sonamarg in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, India, at an elevation of . It has a maximum length of 1 km, and maximum width of 0.6 km. Etymolo ...

Wular Lake Wular Lake (), also known as Wolar () in Kashmiri, is one of the largest fresh water lakes in South Asia. It is located near Bandipora town in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The lake basin was formed as a result of te ...

* Nigeen Lake * Nilnag Lake * Nundkol Lake * Manasbal Lake * Krishansar Lake

Ladakh

Tso Moriri Tso Moriri or Lake Moriri () or "Mountain Lake", is a lake in the Changthang Plateau (literally: northern plains) of Ladakh in India. The lake and surrounding area are protected as the Tso Moriri Wetland Conservation Reserve. The lake is at ...

Tso Kar The Tso Kar or Tsho kar is a fluctuating salt lake known for its size and depth situated in the Rupshu Plateau and valley in the southern part of Ladakh in India. It is also recognised as India's 42nd Ramsar site. Geography and climate The ...

Pangong Tso Pangong Tso or Pangong Lake (; ; hi, text=पैंगोंग झील) is an endorheic lake spanning eastern Ladakh and West Tibet situated at an elevation of . It is long and divided into five sublakes, called ''Pangong Tso'', ''Tso N ...

* Kyagar Tso

Karnataka

* Lakes in Bangalore ** Mamadapur Badshah Lake **

Bellandur Lake Bellandur Lake is located in the suburb of Bellandur in the southeast of the city of Bengaluru. It is the largest lake in the city. It is a part of Bellandur drainage system that drains the southern and the south-eastern parts of the city. The ...

** Hebbal Lake ** Jaraganahalli Lake ** Lalbagh Lake ** Madiwala Lake **

Puttenahalli Lake (JP Nagar) Puttenahalli lake ( ಪುಟ್ಟೇನಹಳ್ಳಿ ಕೆರೆ) is a small, restored freshwater lake located in JP Nagar 7th Phase, South Bangalore. The area of the lake is about 13 acres. The primary water sources are rain and surface ...

** Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka) ** sarakki lake **

Ulsoor Lake Ulsoor Lake or Halasuru Lake, one of the biggest lakes in Bangalore, is located on the eastern side of the city. It derives its name from the name of the locality it is situated, namely, Halasuru, close to M G Road. It is spread over and has ...

Varthur Lake Varathur (originally known as) was once famous for a fort built here by the ancient rulers which was strengthened and expanded by his excellency Kempegowda. It is also believed that Kempegowda set up a weapons armory here. Even today there exists ...

** Yelahanka lake *

Mysore City lakes Mysore, Karnataka, has major five lakes, some of which are under restoration with funds provided by the Asian Development Bank and government of Karnataka. These lakes are: * Dalavai Lake * Devanoor Lake * Karanji Lake * Kukkarahalli Lake * L ...

** Karanji lake ** Kukkarahalli lake **

Lingambudhi Lake Lingambudhi Lake is a lake in the city of Mysore, India. History This Lake was built by Mummadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar in 1828 in memory of his Maharani Krishna Vilasa Lingajammanni Botanical Garden Botanical Garden was established in the ...

* Lakes in Davanagere District ** Sulekere * Honnamana Kere * Pampa Sarovar

Kerala

* Ashtamudi Lake * Kuttanad Lake * Maanaanchira,

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second l ...

* Padinjarechira, Thrissur city * Paravur Kayal * Shasthamkotta lake * Vadakkechira, Thrissur city * Vanchikulam,

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...

* 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 Lonar Lake, also known as Lonar crater, is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument,Pashan Lake *

Powai Lake Powai Lake (Pronunciation: əʋəiː is an artificial lake, situated in Mumbai, in the Powai valley, where a Powai village with a cluster of huts existed. The city suburb called Powai shares its name with the lake. Indian Institute of Tech ...

* Rankala Lake * Salim Ali Lake * Shivasagar lake * Talao Pali *

Futala Lake Futala Lake is a lake in Nagpur in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The lake covers . Built by the Bhosle kings of Nagpur, the lake is known for its coloured fountains. In the evenings the site is illuminated with halogen lights and Tanga (carri ...

* Tansa Lake * Tulsi Lake *

Upvan Lake Upvan (or Upavan) Lake is located in Thane in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is known for hosting the Sanskruti Arts Festival. Here one can also view thousands of Ganpati idols which are brought here for immersion on final day of Ganeshotsa ...

* Vaitarna Lake * Venna Lake *

Vihar Lake Vihar Lake (Pronunciation: �iɦaːɾ is located near Vihar village on the Mithi River within the precincts of the Borivali National Park, also called the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, in North Mumbai. When built in 1860 (construction started ...

* Chatri Lake * Meherun Lake *Mastani Lake

Manipur

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* Pumlenpat * Ikop Pat * Loukoipat * Yaralpat * Laphupat * Shilempat * Keisampat (Extinct) * Porompat (Extinct) *Zaimeng Lake *Zeilad Lake

Meghalaya

* Umiam Lake

Mizoram

Palak Dïl Palak Dil or Pala Tipo (Mara language for "swallowing lake") is the largest and biggest lake in Mizoram, northeast India. It is located near Phura village in Saiha district, within the Mara Autonomous District Council in the southern most distric ...

Tam Dil Ṭam Dil is a reservoir lake situated 6 km from Saitual, the nearest town, and 64 km from Aizawl, the capital city of Mizoram, India. Name In Mizo language, the word ''Ṭam'' is a contraction of ''anṭam'', which means a mustard p ...

Odisha

* Victoria Sagar Lake * Anshupa Lake * Chilka Lake * Kanjia Lake

Puducherry

* Bahour Lake *

Ousteri Lake Ousteri Lake (French: Lac Oustéri) is a lake in the union territory of Puducherry, state of Tamil Nadu. This lake is also called as Ossudu Lake as it is located in the village named Ossudu. The lake extends to about 800 hectares in which 390 h ...

* Velrampet Lake * Nallambal Lake

Punjab

Harike Wetland Harike Wetland also known as "Hari-ke-Pattan", with the Harike Lake in the deeper part of it, is the largest wetland in northern India in the border of Tarn Taran Sahib district and Ferozepur district of the Punjab state in India. The wetlan ...

* Kanjli Wetland *

Ropar Wetland Ropar Wetland, also named Ropar Lake, is a man-made freshwater riverine and lacustrine wetland. The area has at least 9 mammal, 154 bird (migratory and local), 35 fish, 9 arthropod, 11 rotifer, 9 crustacean and 10 protozoan species, making it ...

Rajasthan

* Balsamand lake *

Dhebar Lake Dhebar Lake (also known as Jaisamand Lake) is India's first and world's oldest historical and second largest artificial fresh water lake in India. It is located in the Udaipur District of Rajasthan State in western India. It has an area of wh ...

/ Jaisamand Lake *

Jal Mahal Jal Mahal (meaning "Water Palace") is a palace in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake in Jaipur city, the capital of the state of Rajasthan, India. The palace was originally constructed in 1699; the building and the lake around it were later r ...

, Man Sagar lake * Kaylana Lake,

Kolayat Kolayat is a town in the Bikaner district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is also the headquarters of the eponymous tehsil. The town is from Bikaner on NH 15, National Highway 15 to Jaisalmer. History Kolayat is an historical centre of p ...

* Loonkaransar * Nakki Lake *

Pachpadra Lake The Pachpadra Lake is a salt lake near Pachpadra in Barmer District, Rajasthan, India. Its sodium chloride level is marked at 98%. See also * List of lakes in India This is a list of notable lakes in India. A ...

Pushkar Lake Pushkar Lake or Pushkar Sarovar is located in the town of Pushkar near Ajmer city in Ajmer district of the Rajasthan state of western India. Pushkar Lake is a sacred lake of the Hindus. The Hindu scriptures describe it as " Tirtha-Guru" hirt ...

Pushkar Pushkar is a city and headquarters of Pushkar tehsil in the Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated about northwest of Ajmer and about southwest of Jaipur.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 Pichola, situated in Udaipur city in the Indian state of Rajasthan, is an artificial fresh water lake, created in the year 1362, named after the nearby Picholi village. It is one of the several contiguous lakes, and developed over the last ...

* Lake Badi *

Swaroop Sagar Lake Swaroop Sagar Lake is situated in the city of Udaipur in the Rajasthan state of India. It is an artificially created lake, named after Maharana Swarup Singh of Udaipur. It is also known as Kumharia Talab, which is a combined water body compri ...

* Udaisagar Lake * Govardhan Sagar Lake

Sikkim

* Gurudongmar Lake, highest lake of India *

Khecheopalri Lake Khecheopalri Lake, originally known as Kha-Chot-Palri (meaning the heaven of Padmasambhava), is a lake located near Khecheopalri village, west of Gangtok in the West Sikkim district of the Northeastern Indian state of Sikkim. Located to the ...

* Lake Cholamu * Lake Tsongmo * Samiti Lake * South Lhonak Lake

Tamil Nadu

* Adambakkam Lake * Coimbatore **

Singanallur Lake Singanallur Lake is a lake in Singanallur, Coimbatore, South India. It is spread over an area of and has an average depth of . It is one of the 9 large lakes in the city. Hydrography The lake is fed by canals derived from Noyyal river. The la ...

** Ukkadam Lake ''Periyakulam Lake'' * Berijam Lake *

Chembarambakkam Lake Chembarambakkam lake is a lake located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, about 25 km from Chennai. It is one of the two rain-fed reservoirs from where water is drawn for supply to Chennai City, the other one being the Puzhal Lake. The Adyar ...

* Kaliveli Lake *

Kodaikanal Lake Kodaikanal Lake, also known as Kodai Lake, is a manmade lake located in the Kodaikanal city in Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu, India. Sir Vere Henry Levinge, the then Collector of Madurai, was instrumental in creating the lake in 1863, amidst ...

Ooty Lake Ooty lake is an artificial lake near Ooty in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu, India. It covers an area of 65 acres. The boathouse on the lake is a major tourist attraction. History Ooty lake is an artificial lake constructed by John ...

* Perumal Eri * Red Hills Lake *

Sholavaram Lake Sholavaram aeri, or Sholavaram lake, is located in Ponneri taluk of Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the rain-fed reservoirs from where water is drawn for supply Chennai city from this lake to Puzhal lake through canals. ...

* Veeranam Lake *

Maduranthakam Lake Maduranthakam Lake or Maduranthakam aeri, is a lake spread over 2400 acres in Maduranthakam, Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India.Tandi Lake

Telangana

* Bhadrakali Lake * Durgam Cheruvu *

Himayat Sagar Himayat Sagar is an artificial lake about from Hyderabad in Telangana, India. It lies parallel to a larger artificial lake Osman Sagar. The storage capacity of the reservoir is 2.9 tmc ft. History The construction of reservoirs on the Esi, ...

Hussain Sagar Hussain Sagar (alternatively referred to as Tank Bund; ) is a heart-shaped lake in Hyderabad, Telangana, built by Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah in 1563. It is spread across an area of and is fed by the River Musi. A large monolithic statue of the Gau ...

* Laknavaram Lake * Mir Alam Tank * Osman Sagar *

Pakhal Lake Pakhal Lake is a man-made lake in the Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary in the Warangal district of Telangana, a state in Southern India. History Pakhal Lake is an artificial lake situated in the Pakhal sanctuary close to Warangal City in Telangana. Bel ...

* Saroornagar Lake * Shamirpet Lake * Waddepally Lake * Ramappa lake * Gangaram Cheruvu * Ameenpur Lake *

Fox Sagar Lake Fox Sagar Lake, also Jeedimetla Cheruvu or Kolla Cheruvu, is a manmade lake and was the largest waterbody in Secunderabad. It was once spread over an area of . As of 2014, due to encroachment, it only occupied a surface area of . The lake whic ...

* 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 Moti Jheel is a lake and drinking water reservoir in the Benajhabar area of Kanpur, which together with its adjoining gardens and children's park is an important tourist attraction. Built during the British Raj, today along with Kamala Retrea ...

* Sheetal Jheel * Surha Tal * Fulhar Lake

Uttarakhand

West Bengal

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

References

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