List of largest reservoirs in India

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This is a list of largest reservoirs in India, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater or equal to Template:Convert. 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.

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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)

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 Template:Convert Template:Convert Earth-fill & Gravity Template:Convert Template:Convert 1976
Maharashtra Bhima river Ujjani Dam Template:Convert Template:Convert Earth-fill & Gravity Template:Convert Template:Convert 1980
Maharashtra Koyna River Koyna Dam Template:Convert Template:Convert Gravity Template:Convert Template:Convert 1964
Madhya Pradesh Narmada Indira Sagar Template:Convert Template:Convert Earth-fill & Gravity Template:Convert Template:Convert 2005
Telangana Godavari Sriram Sagar Template:Convert Template:Convert Earth-fill & Gravity Template:Convert Template:Convert 1977
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Krishna Nagarjuna Sagar Template:Convert Template:Convert Earth-fill & Gravity Template:Convert Template:Convert 1960
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Krishna Srisailam Template:Convert Template:Convert Earth-fill & Gravity Template:Convert Template:Convert 1984
Andhra Pradesh Pennar Somasila Template:Convert Template:Convert Earth-fill & Gravity Template:Convert Template:Convert 1989
Himachal Pradesh Sutlej Bhakra Dam Template:Convert Template:Convert Earth-fill & Gravity Template:Convert Template:Convert 1963
Odisha Mahanadi River Hirakud Dam Template:Convert Template:Convert Earth-fill & Gravity Template:Convert Template:Convert 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 Template:Convert Template:Convert Gravity Dam Template:Convert 375.33 km2 2017
Gujarat Tapti River Ukai Dam Template:Convert Template:Convert Earth-fill & Gravity Template:Convert Template:Convert 1972
Uttarakhand Bhagirathi River Tehri Dam Template:Convert Template:Convert Embankment, earth and rock-fill Template:Convert Template:Convert 2006

See also

References

  1. ↑ Statewise dams in India.
  2. ↑ National register of dams in India.

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