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Lakes Name	River Name	Type	Surface area	Location	State Name
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	Andhra Pradesh
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	Assam
Kanwar Lake	Gandak River	N.A	N.A	Begusarai	Bihar
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	Gujarat
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	Himachal Pradesh
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	Haryana
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	Jammu and Kashmir
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	Karnataka
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	Kerala
Upper Lake (Bhopal)	Kolans River	N.A	31 km 2	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
Lower Lake, Bhopal	N.A	N.A	1.29 km2	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
Moti Jheel, Kanpur	N.A	Artificial lake	N.A	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
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	Maharashtra
Umiam Lake	Umiam River	N.A	N.A	Shillong	Meghalaya
Loktak Lake	Manipur River	Fresh water (lentic)	287 Km2	Moirang	Manipur
Palak Dil Lake	N.A	Lentic Lake	1.5 Km2	Saiha	Mizoram
Tam Dil Lake	N.A	Reservoir	N.A	Aizawl	Mizoram
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	Odisha
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	Punjab
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	Rajasthan
Lake Salusagar					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	Rajasthan
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	Sikkim
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	Telangana
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	Tamil Nadu
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	Uttar Pradesh
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		Uttarakhand
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	West Bengal

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Last Updated on : October 14, 2025