List of Lakes in India: Statewise

 List of Lakes in India: Statewise

This topic is very important in Railway and SSC and other competitive exams.

The table given below provides you a list of important lakes and their location in India.

Check the state-wise lakes that are found in India that are asked in SSC/Railway exams frequently.

 

State

Name

Type of Lakes

Andhra Pradesh

Pulicat Lake

Brackish Water

Kolleru Lake

Freshwater

Nagarjuna Sagar

Freshwater

Assam

Haflong Lake

Freshwater

DeeporBeel

Freshwater

Son Beel

Freshwater (Tectonically formed)

Chandubi lake

Freshwater

Bihar

Kanwar Lake

Oxbow (freshwater)

Gujarat

Hamirsar lake

Artificial

Kankaria lake

Artificial

Narayan Sarovar

Artificial freshwater

Thol Lake

Lentic lake

Vastrapur

Freshwater

Haryana

Badkal Lake

Freshwater

Blue Bird Lake

Freshwater

Brahma Sarovar

Freshwater

Damdama Lake

Freshwater

Karna

Freshwater

Tilyar

Freshwater (canal inflow)

Himachal Pradesh

Chandra Taal

Sweetwater lake

Suraj Taal

Freshwater (High Altitude)

MaharanaPratapSagar

Freshwater

Prashar lake

Holomitic (Freshwater)

Jammu & Kashmir

Dal lake

Warm monomitic

Pangong Tso

Endorheic Lake (saline water)

Wular lake

Tectonic lake (freshwater)

TsoMoriri

Saltwater

Karnataka

Agara lake

Freshwater

Bellandur Lake

Freshwater

Karanji lake

 -

Ulsoor lake

Stale water

Kukarahalli lake

Freshwater

Honnamana

Freshwater

Pampa Sarovar

Freshwater

Kerala

Ashtamudi Kayal

Brackish water

Kuttanad

 

Vembanad

Brackish water

Shashtamkotta

Freshwater

Madhya Pradesh

Bhojtal

Freshwater

 

Maharashtra

 

Salim Ali

Freshwater

Shivsagar

Freshwater

Lonar lake

Crater lake

Manipur

Loktak lake

Lenticular freshwater

Meghalaya

Umiam

Freshwater

Mizoram

Tam Dil

Freshwater

Orissa

Chilika lake

Brackish water

Kanjia lake

Freshwater

Punjab

Harike

Freshwater

Rupar

Freshwater

Kanjli

Freshwater

 

Rajasthan

Sambhar lake

Saltwater

Rajsamand

Freshwater

 

Sikkim

Tsomgo lake

Freshwater

Khecheoplari

Freshwater

Tamil Nadu

 

Ooty lake

Freshwater

Chembarambakkam

Artificial lake

Telangana

 

Hussain Sagar

Artificial lake

Badrakali lake

Freshwater

Uttar Pradesh

Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar

Man-made lake

Belasagar

Freshwater

Uttarakhand

Bhimtal

Freshwater

West Bengal

East Calcutta wetlands

Brackish water

 

List of Important Lakes in Union Territories 

The given list provides you with a list of lakes in the Union Territories. 

State

Name

Type of Lakes

Chandigarh

Sukhna Lake

Reservoir

Ladakh

Tso Moriri or Lake Moriri 

Brackish

Tso Kar

Fluctuating Salt Lake

Pangong Tso

-

Jammu & Kashmir

Dal lake

Warm monomitic

Pangong Tso

Endorheic Lake (saline water)

Wular lake

Tectonic lake (freshwater)

TsoMoriri

Saltwater

West Bengal

East Calcutta wetlands

Brackish water

Puducherry

Bahour Lake

-

Ousteri Lake

Man-Made Lake 

(Important Wetlands in India)

Velrampet Lake

-

Nallambal Lake

Artificial Lake