List of Famous Lakes in India (State Wise)
Slowly moving or standing water body which is surrounded by land are called lakes. Lake is inland basin of large size. The usual major input of water to a lake derives from streams and rivers, precipitation, and ground water.
Lakes in India (State Wise)
- India's Largest freshwater lake – Wular Lake, Jammu and Kashmir
- Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India located in state of Andhra Pradesh and forms the largest shallow freshwater lake in Asia.
- Largest coastal lagoon in India and the second largest brackish water lagoon in the world – Chilka Lake, Orissa
- Pulicat Lagoon is the second largest brackish water lagoon in India, after Chilika Lake.
- 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)
*Brackish water having more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. Lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by reefs, barrier islands, or a barrier peninsula.
Famous Lakes in India
| State | Location | Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh - Tamilnadu border | Coromandel Coast | Pulicat Lake |
| Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada | Kolleru Lake |
| Andhra Pradesh | Nalgonda | Nagarjuna Sagar |
| Assam | Silchar | Haflong Lake |
| Assam | Karimganj | Son Beel |
| Assam | Kamrup | Deepor Beel |
| Assam | Kamrup | Chandubi lake |
| Bihar | Begusarai | Kanwar Lake |
| Gujarat | Kutch | Hamirsar lake |
| Gujarat | Kutch | Narayan Sarovar |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad | Kankaria lake |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad | Vastrapur |
| Gujarat | Mehsana | Thol Lake |
| Haryana | Faridabad | Badkal Lake |
| Haryana | Hisar | Blue Bird Lake |
| Haryana | Thaneswar | Brahma Sarovar |
| Haryana | Sohna | Damdama Lake |
| Haryana | Karnal | Karna |
| Haryana | Rohtak | Tilyar |
| Himachal Pradesh | Lahul and Spiti | Chandra Taal |
| Himachal Pradesh | Lahul and Spiti | Suraj Taal |
| Himachal Pradesh | Kangra | Maharana Pratap Sagar |
| Himachal Pradesh | Mandi | Prashar lake |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Srinagar | Dal lake |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Bandipora | Wular lake |
| Ladakh | Ladakh | Pangong Tso |
| Ladakh | Ladakh | Tso Moriri |
| Karnataka | Bangalore | Ulsoor lake |
| Karnataka | Bangalore | Bellandur Lake |
| Karnataka | Bangalore | Agata lake |
| Karnataka | Mysore | Karachi lake |
| Karnataka | Mysore | Kukarahalli lake |
| Karnataka | Kodagu | Honnamana |
| Karnataka | Hampi | Pampa Sarovar |
| Kerala | Kollam | Ashtamudi Kayal |
| Kerala | Kollam | Shashtamkotta |
| Kerala | Kottayam | Vembanad |
| Kerala | Alappuzha | Kuttanad |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Bhojtal |
| Maharashtra | Aurangabad | Salim Ali |
| Maharashtra | Satara | Shivsagar |
| Maharashtra | Buldhana | Lonar lake |
| Manipur | Moirang | Loktak lake |
| Mizoram | Saitual | Tam Dil |
| Meghalaya | Shillong | Umiam |
| Orissa | Puri | Chilika lake |
| Orissa | Bhubaneswar | Kanjia lake |
| Punjab | Ferozepur | Harike |
| Punjab | Rupnagar | Rupar |
| Punjab | Kapurthala | Kanjli |
| Rajasthan | Rajsamand | Rajsamand |
| Rajasthan | Sambhar Lake | Sambhar lake |
| Sikkim | East Sikkim | Tsomgo lake |
| Sikkim | West Sikkim | Khecheoplari |
| Tamilnadu | Nilgiris | Ooty lake |
| Tamilnadu | Chennai | Chembarambakkam |
| Telangana | Hyderabad | Hussain Sagar |
| Telangana | Warangal | Badrakali lake |
| Uttar Pradesh | Sonbhadra | Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar |
| Uttar Pradesh | Kulpahar | Belasagar |
| Uttarakhand | Nainital | Bhimtal |
| West Bengal | Kolkata | East Calcutta wetlands |