This is a list of largest reservoirs in India, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater or equal to . 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. 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
State / UT River Dam Height Length Type Storage capacity Reservoir area CompleteUttar PradeshRihand RiverRihand Dam (Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar)91.44 m (300 ft)934.45 m (3,066 ft)Concrete Gravity10.6 km3 - 374.34 TMC450 km21962KeralaPeriyar RiverIdukki Dam168.91 m (554 ft)365.85 m (1200 ft)Double curvature Arch 1.996 km3 - 70.49 TMC (1,618,184 acre⋅ft)649.3 km2 (251 sq mi)1973Maharashtra Godavari Jayakwadi Dam (Nath Sagar) Earth-fill & Gravity 102.73 TMC 1976Maharashtra Bhima river Ujjani Dam (Yashwant Sagar) Earth-fill & Gravity 110.89 TMC 1980Maharashtra Koyna River Koyna Dam (Shivasagar) Gravity 105.27 TMC 1964Madhya Pradesh Narmada Indira Sagar Earth-fill & Gravity 430.84 TMC 950 km2 (235k acres) 2005Telangana Godavari Sriram Sagar Earth-fill & Gravity 112.02 TMC 1977Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Krishna Nagarjuna Sagar Earth-fill & Gravity 408.27 TMC 1960Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Krishna Srisailam Dam (Neelam Sanjeevareddy Sagar) Earth-fill & Gravity 308.01 TMC 1984Andhra Pradesh Pennar Somasila Earth-fill & Gravity 78 TMC 1989Himachal Pradesh Sutlej Bhakra Dam (Gobind Sagar) Earth-fill & Gravity 339.73 TMC 1963Himachal PradeshBeasPong Dam (Maharana Pratap Sagar)Earth-fill and Embankment1974Odisha Mahanadi River Hirakud Dam Earth-fill & Gravity 208.22 TMC 1957Madhya Pradesh Sone River Bansagar Dam Earth-fill & Gravity 208.22 TMC 2006Tamil NaduRiver KaveriMettur Dam65 m (213.2 ft)1,700 metres (5,600 ft)Masonry Gravity Dam2.64 km3 - 93.23 TMC (2,140,286 acre-ft)42.5 km2(10,502 acres)1934GujaratNarmada RiverSardar Sarovar DamGravity Dam 335.49 TMC375.33 km22017GujaratTapti RiverUkai Dam (Vallabh Sagar)Earth-fill & Gravity 261.68 TMC1972UttarakhandBhagirathi RiverTehri DamEmbankment, earth and rock-fill 141.26 TMC2006
See also List of dams and reservoirs in India List of reservoirs by volume
External links National Register of Large Dam -2019
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