Major Lakes in India State Wise:
State Name |
Lakes Name |
River Name |
Type |
Surface area |
Location |
| Andhra Pradesh | Kolleru Lake | Krishna and Godavari | Fresh water | 245 km2 | Vijayawada |
| Andhra Pradesh | Pulicat Lake | Arani River, Kalangi River and Swarnamukhi River | Brackish to salty | 250-450 km2 | Chennai, Sriharikota, Sullurpeta |
| Assam | Deepor Beel | Brahmaputra River | Fresh water | 4,014 km2 | Guwahati |
| Assam | Chandubi Lake | Kulsi River | N.A | 100 ha | Guwhatai |
| Assam | Haflong Lake | N.A | High altitude lake | N.A | Silchar |
| Assam | Son Beel | Kakra River | Fresh water Tectonic lake | 34.58 km2 | Karimganj |
| Bihar | Kanwar Lake | Gandak River | N.A | N.A | Begusarai |
| Gujarat | Hamirsar Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | 11 ha | Bhuj |
| Gujarat | Kankaria Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | N.A | Ahmedabad |
| Gujarat | Nal Sarovar | Bhogawo River | N.A | 123 km2 | Ahmedabad-West |
| Gujarat | Narayan Sarovar | N.A | Artificial lake | N.A | Bhuj |
| Gujarat | Thol Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | 14 km2 | Ahmedabad-West |
| Gujarat | Vastrapur Lake | Narmada River | Fresh waters | N.A | Ahmedabad-West |
| Gujarat | Lakhota Lake | N.A | N.A | N.A | Jamnagar |
| Gujarat | Sursagar Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | 22,800 m2 (approx.) | Vadodara |
| Himachal Pradesh | Brighu Lake | N.A | High altitude lake | N.A | Kullu |
| Himachal Pradesh | Dashir Lake | N.A | High altitude lake | N.A | Keylong |
| Himachal Pradesh | Dhankar Lake | N.A | High altitude lake | N.A | Kullu |
| Himachal Pradesh | Kareri (Kumarwah) lake | N.A | Freshwater, High altitude lake | 2934 meters (sea level) | Dharamsala |
| Himachal Pradesh | Khajjiar Lake | Ravi River | Mid altitude lake | 4180.64 m2 | Chamba |
| Himachal Pradesh | Macchial Lake | N.A | Low altitude lake | N.A | Mandi |
| Himachal Pradesh | Maharana Pratap Sagar | Beas River | N.A | 400 Km2 (approx.) | Kangra |
| Himachal Pradesh | Manimahesh Lake | N.A | High altitude lake | N.A | Chamba |
| Himachal Pradesh | Nako Lake | N.A | High altitude lake | N.A | Kinnaur |
| Himachal Pradesh | Pandoh Lake | Beas River | N.A | N.A | Mandi |
| Himachal Pradesh | Prashar Lake | N.A | Holomictic | N.A | Mandi |
| Himachal Pradesh | Renuka Lake | N.A | Low altitude lake | N.A | Sirmour |
| Himachal Pradesh | Rewalsar Lake | N.A | Mid altitude lake | N.A | Mandi |
| Himachal Pradesh | Seruvalsar Lake | N.A | High altitude lake | N.A | Chamba |
| Himachal Pradesh | Manimahesh Lake | N.A | High altitude lake | N.A | Chamba |
| Himachal Pradesh | Suraj Taal | Chandra River | High altitude lake | N.A | Lahaul and Spiti |
| Himachal Pradesh | Chandra Taal | N.A | Sweet Water lake | N.A | Lahaul and Spiti |
| Haryana | Badkhal Lake | N.A | Natural Water ake | 206 Acres | Faridabad |
| Haryana | Brahma Sarovar | Rajwaha River | Ancient Water Tank | 430 meters | Thanesar |
| Haryana | Karna Lake | N.A | Landscaped | N.A | Uchana |
| Haryana | Sannihit Sarovar | Seven Sacred Sarasvatis of Rig Veda | Holy Water Tank | N.A | Thanesar |
| Haryana | Surajkund Lake | N.A | Ancient Reservoir | 99 Acres | Sunam |
| Haryana | Tilyar Lake | N.A | N.A | 132 Acres | Rohtak |
| Haryana | Blue Bird Lake | N.A | N.A | 20 Acres | Hisar |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Dal Lake | Jhelum River | Warm monomictic | 22 Km2 | Srinagar |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Pangong Tso | N.A | Soda lake | 700 Km2 (approx.) | Jammu |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Tso Moriri | N.A | Brackish | 30,000 Acres | Jammu |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Wular Lake | Jhelum River | Fresh-Water lake | 30 – 260 km2 | Srinagar |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Manasbal Lake | Jhelum River | Mixing Monomictic | 2.81 Km2 | Srinagar |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Mansar Lake | N.A | Holocene mono-mictic, Oligotropic | 0.59 Km2 | Jammu |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Sheshnag Lake | Lidder River | Alpine high altitude, Oligotrophic lake | N.A | Anantnag |
| Karnataka | Bellandur Lake (Bangalore) | Ponnaiyar River | N.A | 3.61 Km2 | Bengaluru |
| Karnataka | Ulsoor Lake (Bangalore) | N.A | Stalewater | 123.6 Acres | Bengaluru |
| Karnataka | Sankey Lake (Bangalore) | N.A | Artificial lake or tank | 37.1 Acres | Bengaluru |
| Karnataka | Hebbal Lake (Bangalore) | N.A | N.A | 150 Acres | Bengaluru |
| Karnataka | Lalbagh Lake (Bangalore) | N.A | N.A | 40 Acres | Bengaluru |
| Karnataka | Puttenahalli Lake (Bangalore) | N.A | N.A | 13 Acres | Bengaluru |
| Karnataka | Madiwala Lake (Bangalore) | N.A | Artificial tropical lake | 114.3 ha | Bengaluru |
| Karnataka | Agara Lake (Bangalore) | N.A | Artificial lake | 0.24 km2 | Bengaluru |
| Karnataka | Karanji lake (Mysore) | N.A | N.A | 90 ha | Mysore |
| Karnataka | Kukkarahalli lake (Mysore) | N.A | Freshwater, Recreational and Fisheries | 150 Acres | Mysore |
| Karnataka | Lingambudhi Lake (Mysore) | Kaveri River | Perennial freshwater | N.A | Mysore |
| Karnataka | Pampa Sarovar | Tungabhadra River | Sacred Pond ( Holy Pond for Hindus epic) | N.A | Koppal |
| Kerala | Ashtamudi Lake | Kallada River | Unique wetland ecosystem, a palm-shaped | 61.42 km2 | Kollam |
| Kerala | Maanaanchira Lake | N.A | Artificial, freshwater lake | 3.49 Acres | Kozhikode |
| Kerala | Padinjare chira Lake | N.A | Artificial pond | N.A | Thrissur |
| Kerala | Paravur Kayal | Ithikkara River | Fresh and backwater | 6.62 km2 | Kollam |
| Kerala | Punnamada Lake (Vembanad lake) | Achenkovil, Manimala, Meenachil, Muvattupuzha, Pamba, Periyar Rivers | N.A | 2033 km2 | Alappuzha |
| Kerala | Shasthamkotta lake | Kallada River | Largest freshwater lake | 920 Acres | Kollam |
| Kerala | Vadakkechira | N.A | Artificial pond | 4 Acres | Thrissur |
| Kerala | Vellayani Lake | Karamana River | N.A | N.A | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Madhya Pradesh | Upper Lake (Bhopal) | Kolans River | N.A | 31 km 2 | Bhopal |
| Madhya Pradesh | Lower Lake, Bhopal | N.A | N.A | 1.29 km2 | Bhopal |
| Uttar Pradesh | Moti Jheel, Kanpur | N.A | Artificial lake | N.A | Kanpur |
| Maharashtra | Gorewada Lake | Pili River | Fresh water lake | N.A | Nagpur |
| Maharashtra | Lonar Lake | N.A | Impact crater lake, salt lake | 1.13 Km2 | Lonar |
| Maharashtra | Pashan Lake | Ram Nadi | Artificial lake | 40 Km2 | Pune |
| Maharashtra | Powai Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | 520 Acres | Mumbai |
| Maharashtra | Rankala Lake | N.A | Picturesque lake | 107 ha | Kolhapur |
| Maharashtra | Shivajisagar lake | Koyna River | Reservoir | 891.78 km2 | Satara |
| Maharashtra | Talao Pali Lake | N.A | N.A | N.A | Thane |
| Maharashtra | Upvan Lake | N.A | N.A | 500 km2 | Thane |
| Maharashtra | Venna Lake | N.A | N.A | 28 Acres | Mahabaleshwar |
| Meghalaya | Umiam Lake | Umiam River | N.A | N.A | Shillong |
| Manipur | Loktak Lake | Manipur River | Fresh water (lentic) | 287 Km2 | Moirang |
| Mizoram | Palak Dil Lake | N.A | Lentic Lake | 1.5 Km2 | Saiha |
| Mizoram | Tam Dil Lake | N.A | Reservoir | N.A | Aizawl |
| Odisha | Anshupa Lake | Mahanadi River | Fresh water lake | 141 ha | Cuttack |
| Odisha | Chilka Lake | Daya River | Brackish water | 1,165 Km2 | Puri |
| Odisha | Kanjia lake | Mahanadi River | Natural lake | 190 Acres | Bhubaneswar |
| Punjab | Kanjli Wetland | Bien River | Freshwater lake | 4.9 Km2 | Kapurthala |
| Punjab | Harike Wetland | Beas River and Sutlej River | Freshwater lake | 4100 ha | Tarn Taran Sahib |
| Punjab | Ropar Wetland | Sutlej River | Man-made freshwater | 1,365 ha | Rupnagar |
| Rajasthan | Dhebar Lake | Gomati River | Reservoir | 87 Km2 | Udaipur |
| Rajasthan | Kaylana Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | 84 Km2 | Jodhpur |
| Rajasthan | Nakki Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | N.A | Sirohi |
| Rajasthan | Pachpadra Lake | N.A | Saline lake | N.A | Barmer |
| Rajasthan | Pushkar Lake | Luni River | Artificial lake | 22 km2 | Ajmer |
| Rajasthan | Ana Sagar Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | 97 ha | Ajmer |
| Rajasthan | Rajsamand Lake | Gomati River | Reservoir | 510 km2 | Kankroli |
| Rajasthan | Sambhar Salt Lake | N.A | Salt Lake | 230 km2 | Jaipur |
| Rajasthan | Ramgarh Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | 15.5 Km2 | Jaipur |
| Rajasthan | Siliserhlake, Alwar | N.A | Beautiful artificial lake | 7 Km2 | Alwar |
| Rajasthan | Man Sagar lake | N.A | Freshwater – Recreational | 300 Acres | Jaipur |
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| Rajasthan | Dudh Talai | N.A | Small water tank | N.A | Udaipur |
| Rajasthan | Fateh Sagar Lake | Ayad River | Artificial, fresh water, polymictic lake | 4 km2 | Udaipur |
| Rajasthan | Pichola lake | N.A | Freshwater lake | 1,720 Acres | Udaipur |
| Rajasthan | Rangsagar lake | N.A | Small artificial lake | N.A | Udaipur |
| Rajasthan | Swaroopsagar lake | Ayad River | Small artificial lake | 4 km2 | Udaipur |
| Sikkim | Gurudongmar Lake | N.A | Fresh water lake | N.A | North Sikkim |
| Sikkim | Khecheopalri Lake | N.A | Sacred lake | 9.4 Acres | Pelling, West Sikkim |
| Sikkim | Lake Tsongmo | N.A | Glacial lake | N.A | East Sikkim |
| Sikkim | Lake Cholamu | N.A | Glacial, fresh-water lake | N.A | North Sikkim |
| Telangana | Hussain Sagar | Musi River | Artificial lake | 4.4 Km2 | Hyderabad |
| Telangana | Osman Sagar | Musi River | Artificial lake | 46 km2 | Hyderabad |
| Telangana | Himayat Sagar | Musi River | Artificial lake | N.A | Hyderabad |
| Telangana | Shamirpet Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | 100 Acres | Hyderabad |
| Telangana | Mir Alam Tank | Musi River | Artificial lake | 1.7 Km2 | Hyderabad |
| Telangana | Durgam Cheruvu (Secret Lake) | N.A | Freshwater | 83 Acres | Hyderabad |
| Telangana | Saroornagar Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | 99 Acres | Hyderabad |
| Telangana | Alwal Cheruvu Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | N.A | Secunderabad |
| Tamil Nadu | Berijam Lake | N.A | Freshwater | 59 Acres | Dindigul |
| Tamil Nadu | Chembarambakkam Lake | Adyar River | Artificial lake | 3,800 Acres | Chennai |
| Tamil Nadu | Kodaikanal Lake | N.A | Fresh-water, Artificial lake | N.A | Kodaikanal |
| Tamil Nadu | Ooty Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | 3.885 Km2 | Udhagamandalam |
| Tamil Nadu | Red Hills Lake (Puzhal lake) | N.A | Artificial lake | 18.21 Km2 | Chennai |
| Tamil Nadu | Singanallur Lake | N.A | N.A | N.A | Coimbatore |
| Tamil Nadu | Sholavaram Lake | N.A | N.A | N.A | Thiruvallur |
| Tamil Nadu | Veeranam Lake | N.A | Artificial, intermittent lake | 25 Km2 | Cuddalore |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ramgarh Taal Lake | N.A | N.A | 1,790 Acres | Gorakhpur |
| Uttar Pradesh | Keetham Lake | N.A | Scenic lake | 7.13 Km2 | Agra |
| Uttar Pradesh | Belasagar Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | 16 km2 | Kulpahar |
| Uttar Pradesh | Barua Sagar Tal | N.A | Artificial lake | N.A | Barua Sagar city |
| Uttar Pradesh | Sheikha Jheel | N.A | Fresh water perennial | 30 ha | Aligarh |
| Uttarakhand | Bhimtal Lake | N.A | Largest natural lake | N.A | Bhimtal |
| Uttarakhand | Dodital | N.A | Freshwater lake | N.A | Dehradun |
| Uttarakhand | Nainital Lake | N.A | Natural Freshwater | 120.5 Acres | Nainital |
| Uttarakhand | Naukuchiatal | N.A | N.A | N.A | Nainital |
| Uttarakhand | Sat Tal | N.A | Freshwater lake | 4 ha | |
| West Bengal | Rabindra Sarobar (Dhakuria Lake) | N.A | Artificial lake | 73 Acres | Kolkata |
| West Bengal | Senchal Lake | N.A | Artificial lake | N.A | Darjeeling |
| West Bengal | East Calcutta Wetlands | N.A | Natural and human-made wetlands | 125 Km2 | Kolkata |
| West Bengal | Santragachhi Lake | N.A | N.A | 32 Acres | Santragachhi |
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