Important Lakes in India: Complete List and Details

Lakes in India hold a significant weightage in the general awareness section. If you are preparing for SSC, Bank, UPSC, and other one-day competitive examinations, this blog will be very useful for you. Are you preparing for UPSC? Learn how to read NCERT Books for UPSC.

Table of Content

What Are Lakes? Types of Lakes List of Important Lakes in India Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs)

 

What Are Lakes? 

A body of surface water or an area filled with water surrounded by land is known as a lake. The lakes get water from rivers, rain, groundwater, ice melting, etc.  Lakes are larger and deeper in comparison to ponds. They are found in the mountains, plains, plateaus, and near coastal areas. There are plenty of lakes in India, but we have discussed only the important ones here.

Types of Lakes 

Primarily, lakes are classified into six categories.

1. Freshwater lake
2. Saltwater lake
3. Natural lake
4. Oxbow lake
5. Artificial lake
6. Crater lake

Fresh Water Lake

The non-salted water bodies formed from the depression of the earth’s surface are called freshwater lakes. These water bodies are primarily found in low-lying areas and sourced from the rivers, under-ground streams, etc. The largest freshwater lake in India is Wular lake in Jammu & Kashmir.

Salt Water Lake

Saltwater lakes, also known as saline lakes, are saltwater bodies with higher concentrations of salt and minerals. Lakes that have a higher concentration of salt to sea are called hypersaline lakes. The largest saltwater lake in India is Chilka lake in Orissa.

Also Read: NCERT Solutions for class 10 science.

Oxbow Lake

Oxbow lakes are remains of the river and are curved in nature. These are also known as still water lakes that find a different shorter course.  The largest Oxbow lake in India is  Kanwar lake in Bihar.

Artificial lake

Artificial Lakes are also known as man-made lakes. These lakes are primarily used for public use, irrigation, power generation, recreation, etc.  Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar dam is the largest artificial lake in India. It is located in Uttar Pradesh. 

Crater Lake

The lakes formed by volcanic activities like explosion or collapse and act as water storage bodies in the form of irregular circular and steep side volcanic creators are called crater lakes. The largest crater lake in India is Lonar lake, situated in Maharashtra.

List of Important Lakes in India

Image Source:pcsstudies.com

Lake Name	Water Type	City	State
Kolleru Lake	Freshwater	Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh
Pulicat Lake	Saltwater lake	Chennai, Sriharikota, Sullurpeta	Andhra Pradesh
Deepor Beel	Freshwater	Guwahati	Assam
Chandubi Lake	Natural lake	Guwhatai	Assam
Haflong Lake	High altitude natural lake	Silchar	Assam
Son Beel	Freshwater lake	Karimganj	Assam
Kanwar Lake	Fresh water lake	Begusarai	Bihar
Hamirsar Lake	Artificial lake	Bhuj	Gujarat
Kankaria Lake	Artificial lake	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
Nal Sarovar	Natural fresh water lake	Ahmedabad-West	Gujarat
Narayan Sarovar	Artificial lake	Bhuj	Gujarat
Thol Lake	Artificial lake	Ahmedabad-West	Gujarat
Vastrapur Lake	Fresh waters	Ahmedabad-West	Gujarat
Lakhota Lake	Artificial lake	Jamnagar	Gujarat
Sursagar Lake	Artificial lake	Vadodara	Gujarat
Brighu Lake	High altitude lake	Kullu	Himachal Pradesh
Dashir Lake	High altitude lake	Keylong	Himachal Pradesh
Dhankar Lake	High altitude lake	Kullu	Himachal Pradesh
Kareri (Kumarwah) lake	High altitude fresh water lake	Dharamsala	Himachal Pradesh
Khajjiar Lake	Mid altitude lake	Chamba	Himachal Pradesh
Macchial Lake	Low altitude lake	Mandi	Himachal Pradesh
Maharana Pratap Sagar	Fresh water lake	Kangra	Himachal Pradesh
Manimahesh Lake	High altitude lake	Chamba	Himachal Pradesh
Nako Lake	High altitude lake	Kinnaur	Himachal Pradesh
Pandoh Lake	High altitude lake	Mandi	Himachal Pradesh
Prashar Lake	Freshwater lake	Mandi	Himachal Pradesh
Renuka Lake	Low altitude lake	Sirmour	Himachal Pradesh
Rewalsar Lake	Mid altitude lake	Mandi	Himachal Pradesh
Seruvalsar Lake	High altitude lake	Chamba	Himachal Pradesh
Manimahesh Lake	High altitude lake	Chamba	Himachal Pradesh
Suraj Taal	High altitude lake	Lahaul and Spiti	Himachal Pradesh
Chandra Taal	Sweet Water lake	Lahaul and Spiti	Himachal Pradesh
Badkhal Lake	Natural Water ake	Faridabad	Haryana
Brahma Sarovar	Ancient Water Tank	Thanesar	Haryana
Karna Lake	Landscaped	Uchana	Haryana
Sannihit Sarovar	Holy Water Tank	Thanesar	Haryana
Surajkund Lake	Ancient Reservoir	Sunam	Haryana
Tilyar Lake	High Altitude lake	Rohtak	Haryana
Blue Bird Lake	Wetland habtate	Hisar	Haryana
Dal Lake	Warm Monomictic	Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir
Pangong Tso	Saltwater lake	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir
Tso Moriri	Brackish	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir
Wular Lake	Fresh-Water lake	Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir
Manasbal Lake	Mixing Monomictic	Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir
Mansar Lake	Composite lake	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir
Sheshnag Lake	Alpine high altitude, e	Anantnag	Jammu and Kashmir
Bellandur Lake		Bengaluru	Karnataka
Ulsoor Lake	Stalewater	Bengaluru	Karnataka
Sankey Lake	Artificial lake or tank	Bengaluru	Karnataka
Hebbal Lake		Bengaluru	Karnataka
Lalbagh Lake		Bengaluru	Karnataka
Puttenahalli Lake		Bengaluru	Karnataka
Madiwala Lake	Artificial tropical lake	Bengaluru	Karnataka
Agara Lake	Artificial lake	Bengaluru	Karnataka
Karanji Lake		Mysore	Karnataka
Kukkarahalli lake	Freshwater, Recreational and Fisheries	Mysore	Karnataka
Lingambudhi Lake	Perennial freshwater	Mysore	Karnataka
Pampa Sarovar	Sacred Pond ( Holy Pond for Hindus epic)	Koppal	Karnataka
Ashtamudi Lake	Unique wetland ecosystem, a palm-shaped	Kollam	Kerala
Maanaanchira Lake	Artificial, freshwater lake	Kozhikode	Kerala
Padinjare Chira Lake	Artificial pond	Thrissur	Kerala
Paravur Kayal	Fresh and backwater	Kollam	Kerala
Punnamada Lake (Vembanad lake)		Alappuzha	Kerala
Shasthamkotta lake	Largest freshwater lake	Kollam	Kerala
Vadakkechira	Artificial pond	Thrissur	Kerala
Vellayani Lake		Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala
Upper Lake		Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
Lower Lake, Bhopal		Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
Moti Jheel, Kanpur	Artificial lake	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
Gorewada Lake	Fresh water lake	Nagpur	Maharashtra
Lonar Lake	Impact crater lake, salt lake	Lonar	Maharashtra
Pashan Lake	Artificial lake	Pune	Maharashtra
Powai Lake	Artificial lake	Mumbai	Maharashta
Rankala Lake	Picturesque lake	Kolhapur	Maharashtra
Shivajisagar lake	Reservoir	Satara	Maharashtra
Talao Pali Lake		Thane	Maharashtra
Upvan Lake		Thane	Maharashtra
Venna Lake		Mahabaleshwar	Maharashtra
Umiam Lake		Shillong	Meghalaya
Loktak Lake	Fresh water	Moirang	Manipur
Palak Dil Lake	Lentic Lake	Saiha	Mizoram
Tam Dil Lake	Reservoir	Aizawl	Mizoram
Anshupa Lake	Fresh water lake	Cuttack	Odisha
Chilka Lake	Brackish water	Puri	Odisha
Kanjia lake	Natural lake	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
Kanjli Wetland	Freshwater lake	Kapurthala	Punjab
Harike Wetland	Freshwater lake	Tarn Taran Sahib	Punjab
Ropar Wetland	Man-made freshwater	Rupnagar	Punjab
Dhebar Lake	Reservoir	Udaipur	Rajasthan
Kaylana Lake	Artificial lake	Jodhpur	Rajasthan
Nakki Lake	Artificial lake	Sirohi	Rajasthan
Pachpadra Lake	Saline lake	Barmer	Rajasthan
Pushkar Lake	Artificial lake	Ajmer	Rajasthan
Ana Sagar Lake	Artificial lake	Ajmer	Rajasthan
Rajsamand Lake	Reservoir	Kankroli	Rajasthan
Sambhar Salt Lake	Salt Lake	Jaipur	Rajasthan
Ramgarh Lake	Artificial lake	Jaipur	Rajasthan
Siliserhlake, Alwar	Beautiful artificial lake	Alwar	Rajasthan
Man Sagar lake	Freshwater – Recreational	Jaipur	Rajasthan
Lake Salusagar			Rajasthan
Dudh Talai	Small water tank	Udaipur	Rajasthan
Fateh Sagar Lake	Artificial, fresh water	Udaipur	Rajasthan
Pichola lake	Freshwater lake	Udaipur	Rajasthan
Rangsagar lake	Small artificial lake	Udaipur	Rajasthan
Swaroopsagar lake	Small artificial lake	Udaipur	Rajasthan
Gurudongmar Lake	Fresh water lake	North Sikkim	Sikkim
Khecheopalri Lake	Sacred lake	Pelling, West Sikkim	Sikkim
Lake Tsongmo	Glacial lake	East Sikkim	Sikkim
Lake Cholamu	Glacial, fresh-water lake	North Sikkim	Sikkim
Hussain Sagar	Artificial lake	Hyderabad	Telangana
Osman Sagar	Artificial lake	Hyderabad	Telangana
Himayat Sagar	Artificial lake	Hyderabad	Telangana
Shamirpet Lake	Artificial lake	Hyderabad	Telangana
Mir Alam Tank	Artificial lake	Hyderabad	Telangana
Durgam Cheruvu (Secret Lake)	Freshwater	Hyderabad	Telangana
Saroornagar Lake	Artificial lake	Hyderabad	Telangana
Alwal Cheruvu Lake	Artificial lake	Secunderabad	Telangana
Berijam Lake	Freshwater	Dindigul	Tamil Nadu
Chembarambakkam Lake	Artificial lake	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
Kodaikanal Lake	Fresh-water, Artificial lake	Kodaikanal	Tamil Nadu
Ooty Lake	Artificial lake	Udhagamandalam	Tamil Nadu
Red Hills Lake (Puzhal lake)	Artificial lake	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
Singanallur Lake		Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
Sholavaram Lake		Thiruvallur	Tamil Nadu
Veeranam Lake	Artificial, intermittent lake	Cuddalore	Tamil Nadu
Ramgarh Taal Lake		Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh
Keetham Lake	Scenic lake	Agra	Uttar Pradesh
Belasagar Lake	Artificial lake	Kulpahar	Uttar Pradesh
Barua Sagar Tal	Artificial lake	Barua Sagar city	Uttar Pradesh
Sheikha Jheel	Freshwater Lake	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh
Bhimtal Lake	Largest natural lake	Bhimtal	Uttarakhand
Dodital	Freshwater lake	Dehradun	Uttarakhand
Nainital Lake	Natural Freshwater	Nainital	Uttarakhand
Naukuchiatal		Nainital	Uttarakhand
Sat Tal	Freshwater lake		Uttarakhand
Rabindra Sarobar (Dhakuria Lake)	Artificial lake	Kolkata	West Bengal
Senchal Lake	Artificial lake	Darjeeling	West Bengal
East Calcutta Wetlands	Natural and man-made wetlands	Kolkata	West Bengal
Santragachhi Lake		Santragachhi	West Bengal

  Know about Achievement of NASA till 2022.

Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs)

Ques- 1. Which is the largest lake in India?

Ans- Vembanad lake is the largest lake in India.

Ques- 2. Which is the largest saltwater lake in India?

Ans- Chilka is the largest saltwater lake in India.

Ques- 3. Which state is known as the “City of lakes”?

Ans- Rajasthan is known as the “city of lakes” in India.

Ques- 4. Which is the deepest lake in India?

Ans- Manasbal is the deepest lake in India.

Ques- 5. Which is the highest lake in India?

Ans- Gurudongmer is the highest lake in India. 

The Author Of This Blog is Brijesh Sharma