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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 third after China, and USA. 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 7,216 completed large dams and 447 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

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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)

934.45 m

(3,066 ft)

Concrete Gravity 10.6 km3 - 374.34 TMC 450

km2

1962
Kerala Periyar Idukki Dam 168.91 m

(554 ft)

365.85 m

(1200 ft)

Double curvatureArch 1.996 km3 - 70.49 TMC

(1,618,184 acre⋅ft)

649.3 km2

(251 sq mi)

1973
Maharashtra Godavari Jayakwadi Dam (Nath Sagar) 41.30 m (135 ft) 9,998 m (32,802 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 2.909 km3 (2,358,365 acre⋅ft) 102.73 TMC 217.50 km2 (53,745 acres) 1976
Maharashtra Bhima river Ujjani Dam (Yashwant Sagar) 54.4 m (178 ft) 2,534 m (8,314 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 3.14 km3 (2,545,639 acre⋅ft) 110.89 TMC 337 km2 (83,275 acres) 1980
Maharashtra Koyna River Koyna Dam (Shivasagar) 103.2 m (339 ft) 807.2 m (2,648 ft) Gravity 2.981 km3 (2,416,736 acre⋅ft) 105.27 TMC 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) 430.84 TMC 950 km2 (235k acres) 2005
Telangana Godavari Sriram Sagar 43 m (141 ft) 15.6 km (51,181 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 3.172 km3 (2,571,582 acre⋅ft) 112.02 TMC 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) 408.27 TMC 284.9 km2 (70,400 acres) 1960
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Krishna Srisailam Dam (Neelam Sanjeevareddy Sagar) 145 m (476 ft) 512 m (1,680 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 8.722 km3 (7,071,040 acre⋅ft) 308.01 TMC 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) 78 TMC 212.28 km2 (52,456 acres) 1989
Himachal Pradesh Sutlej Bhakra Dam (Gobind Sagar) 226 m (741 ft) 518 m (1,699 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 9.62 km3 (7,799,061 acre⋅ft) 339.73 TMC 168.35 km2 (41,600 acres) 1963
Odisha Mahanadi River Hirakud Dam 60.96 m (200 ft) 25.8 km (84,646 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 5.896 km3 (4,779,965 acre⋅ft) 208.22 TMC 83,400 km2 (20,608,589 acres) 1957
Madhya Pradesh Sone River Bansagar Dam 66.00 m (217 ft) 5 km (16,404 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 5.84 km3 (4,734,565 acre⋅ft) 208.22 TMC 18,648 km2 (4,608,021 acres) 2006
Tamil Nadu River Kaveri Mettur Dam 65 m

(213.2 ft)

1,700 metres (5,600 ft) Masonry

& Gravity

2.64 km3 - 93.23 TMC

(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) 335.49 TMC 375.33 km2 2017
Gujarat Tapti River Ukai Dam (Vallabh Sagar) 105.16 m (345 ft) 4,927 m (16,165 ft) Earth-fill & Gravity 7.41 km3 (6,007,385 acre⋅ft) 261.68 TMC 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) 141.26 TMC 52 km2 (12,849 acres) 2006

See also

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References

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  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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