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Lake is a surface water body which is surrounded by land. Rivers will be outlet or inlet to
the lakes i.e. lakes take the water from rivers or act as a source of water. Lakes are found
in various landscapes like Hilly areas, plains, plateaus, rift zones, etc. In this article, we
will read the state wise list of Natural Lakes in India.
Natural Lakes in India (State Wise)
A) There are various types of lakes which can be classified based on different criteria –
They are Fresh Water Lakes, Salt Water lakes, Natural Lakes, Artificial Lakes, oxbow lake,
Crater Lake etc.
Note-
• Crater Lake- Formed due volcanic activity
• Oxbow Lake- Formed by river deposits
B) Lakes have various applications like drinking water, irrigation, navigation, water
storage, livelihood (fishing, etc.), impact on microclimate, etc.
Important Facts
• Largest freshwater lake in India – Wular Lake, Jammu and Kashmir
• Largest Saline water lake in India - Sambhar, Rajasthan
• Largest Brackish water lake in India – Chilka Lake, Orissa
• Highest lake in India (Altitude) – Cholamu lake, Sikkim
• Longest Lake in India – Vembanad lake, Kerala
• Largest Artificial Lake in India – Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)
Lakes in India
S. Type of
Name State District Facts/Description
No. Lakes
It encompasses
Pulicat Lake Bird
Andhra Brackish Sanctuary;
1 Pulicat Lake Sullurpet
Pradesh Water Satish Dhawan
Space Centre
located here
Andhra Home to
2 Kolleru Lake Vijayawada Freshwater
Pradesh migratory birds
Artificially
Andhra
3 Nagarjuna Sagar Nalgonda Freshwater constructed;
Pradesh
Krishna river
4 Haflong Lake Assam Silchar Freshwater High altitude lake
Under Ramsar
5 DeeporBeel Assam Kamrup Freshwater
Convention
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Freshwater
Largest wetland in
6 Son Beel Assam Karimganj (Tectonically
Assam
formed)
Migratory Birds
(winter);
7 Chandubi lake Assam Kamrup Freshwater
formed by 1897
earthquake
Asia’s largest
Oxbow
8 Kanwar Lake Bihar Begusarai freshwater oxbow
(freshwater)
lake;
Situated in centre
9 Hamirsar lake Gujarat Kutch Artificial
of Bhuj
During 14th century
10 Kankaria lake Gujarat Ahmedabad Artificial by Muhammed
Shah II
Artificial Pilgrimage site for
11 Narayan Sarovar Gujarat Kutch
freshwater Hindus
Constructed for
12 Thol Lake Gujarat Mehsana Lentic lake
irrigation purpose
Narmada River;
13 Vastrapur Gujarat Ahmedabad Freshwater
Picnic spot
14 Badkal Lake Haryana Faridabad Freshwater Man made
Migratory Birds,
15 Blue Bird Lake Haryana Hisar Freshwater
Wetland Habitat
Ancient water pool
16 Brahma Sarovar Haryana Thaneswar Freshwater
sacred to Hinduism
Constructed by
British government
17 Damdama Lake Haryana Sohna Freshwater
for Rainwater
Harvesting
Connected to great
18 Karna Haryana Karnal Freshwater
epic Mahabharata
Freshwater
Located inside
19 Tilyar Haryana Rohtak (canal
Tilyar Zoo
inflow)
Himachal Lahul and Sweetwater Ramsar wetland
20 Chandra Taal
Pradesh Spiti lake site
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Freshwater
Himachal Lahul and
21 Suraj Taal (High Bhaga River inflow
Pradesh Spiti
Altitude)
Maharana Pratap Himachal
22 Kangra Freshwater Ramsar site
Sagar Pradesh
Himachal Holomitic It has a floating
23 Prashar lake Mandi
Pradesh (Freshwater) Island
Warm Remnants of past
24 Dal lake J &K Srinagar
monomitic glacial period
Endorheic
25 Pangong Tso J &K Ladakh Lake (saline Indo-China Border
water)
Tectonic
Largest freshwater
26 Wular lake J &K Bandipora lake (fresh
lake in India
water)
27 TsoMoriri J &K Ladakh Saltwater High altitude lake
Located in
28 Agata lake Karnataka Bangalore Freshwater southwest part of
the city
29 Bellandur Lake Karnataka Bangalore Freshwater -
30 Karachi lake Karnataka Mysore - Butterfly park
It has several
31 Ulsoor lake Karnataka Bangalore Stale water
islands
32 Kukarahalli lake Karnataka Mysore Freshwater Recreational
Holy lake, place for
33 Honnamana Karnataka Kodagu Freshwater
various festivals
34 Pampa Sarovar Karnataka Hampi Freshwater Tungabhadra river
Brackish Ramsar wetland
35 Ashtamudi Kayal Kerala Kollam
water site
Alappuzha, Backwater paddy
36 Kuttanad Kerala
Kottayam cultivation
Brackish Ramsar wetland;
37 Vembanad Kerala -
water boat race
38 Shashtamkotta Kerala Kollam Freshwater Ramsar wetland
Ramsar site;
Madhya.
39 Bhojtal Bhopal Freshwater largest artificial
Pradesh
lake in India
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40 Salim Ali Maharashtra Aurangabad Freshwater Birdwatching
41 Shivsagar Maharashtra Satara Freshwater Koyna dam
National Geo-
42 Lonar lake Maharashtra Buldhana Crater lake
Heritage monument
Ramsar wetland;
Phumdis (Floating
Lenticular
43 Loktak lake Manipur - Islands);
freshwater
Multipurpose
project
Famous for cycling
44 Umiam Meghalaya Shillong Freshwater
and boating
45 Tam Dil Mizoram Saitual Freshwater -
India's largest
Brackish
46 Chilika lake Orissa Puri brackish water
water
lake; lagoon
Wetland of national
47 Kanjia lake Orissa Bhubaneswar Freshwater
importance
Ramsar wetland
48 Harike Punjab Ferozepur Freshwater
site
Manmade riverine
49 Rupar Punjab Rupnagar Freshwater
lake
Ramsar wetland
50 Kanjli Punjab Kapurthala Freshwater
site
Ramsar wetland;
Sambhar largest inland
51 Sambhar lake Rajasthan Saltwater
Lake-town saltwater lake in
India
52 Rajsamand Rajasthan Rajsamand Freshwater -
53 Tsomgo lake Sikkim East Sikkim Freshwater Winter frozen
Sacred lake for
54 Khecheoplari Sikkim West Sikkim Freshwater Hindus and
Buddhists
55 Ooty lake Tamilnadu Nilgiris Freshwater Boat House
56 Chembarambakkam Tamilnadu Chennai Artificial lake -
Artificial Gibraltar
57 Hussain Sagar Telangana Hyderabad Artificial lake
rock island
58 Badrakali lake Telegana Warangal Freshwater Artificial lake
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Govind Ballabh Uttar Man-made
59 Sonbhadra Rihand dam
Pant Sagar Pradesh lake
Uttar
60 Belasagar Kulpahar Freshwater Irrigation lake
Pradesh
Medium altitude
61 Bhimtal Uttarakhand Nainital Freshwater
lake
East Calcutta Brackish
62 West Bengal Calcutta Ramsar wetland
wetlands water
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