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List of lakes of India

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This is a list of notable lakes in India.[1]

Bhopal is knowns as The City of Lakes, as it has 17 lakes and 5 reservoirs, biggest lake Bhojtal has an area of 31 km2
Bangalore has highest number of small lakes
Lake Palace (Jag Niwas) in Lake Pichola, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Shikaras on Dal Lake, Jammu & Kashmir
Boats on Naini Lake, Kumaon, Uttarakhand
House boat on Vembanad Lake, Kerala
Sailing on the Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh, India
Spot-billed pelican at Pulicat Lake, Andhra Pradesh
Chandubi Lake, Assam
Pangong Lake, Ladakh
Thol Lake, Gujarat
Renuka Lake, Himachal Pradesh
The ghats of Pushkar Lake, Rajasthan
Suraj Tal, Himachal Pradesh
Manasbal Lake, Kashmir
Umiam Lake, Shillong, Meghalaya
Tsomoriri, Ladakh
Sumendu Lake, Mirik, West Bengal
Damdama Lake, Haryana
Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad, Telangana
A bird flying over Hesaraghatta Lake in Bangalore, Karnataka
Upper Lake (Bhopal), Madhya Pradesh
Loktak Lake, Manipur
Lesser Flamingos at Chilika Lake, Orissa
Gurudongmar Lake, Sikkim
Ropar Wetland, Punjab
Nakki Lake, Mount Abu, Rajasthan
Kodaikanal Lake, Tamil Nadu
Emerald Lake, Ooty, Tamil Nadu
Rabindra Sarobar, Kolkata, West Bengal
Shivasagar Lake, Maharashtra
Tsongmo Lake, Sikkim

Andhra Pradesh

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Assam

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Bihar

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Chandigarh

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Goa

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Gujarat

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Haryana

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Himachal Pradesh

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See also: List of lakes in Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

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Ladakh

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Karnataka

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Kerala

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Madhya Pradesh

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Maharashtra

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Manipur

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Meghalaya

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Mizoram

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Odisha

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Puducherry

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Punjab

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Rajasthan

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Ajmer

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Udaipur

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Sikkim

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Tamil Nadu

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See also: List of lakes in Tamil Nadu

Telangana

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See also: Hyderabad city lakes

Uttar Pradesh

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Uttarakhand

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Name District Type Size km2 Size Acres Quality Notes
Tehri Lake[3] Tehri Garhwal Man-made 52 12849.50 Freshwater Created by Tehri Dam, in New Tehri
Bhimtal Lake Nainital district Man-made .48 118.61 Freshwater Created from masonry dam in Nainital Distt
Nainital Lake Nainital district Natural .48 118.61 Freshwater Kidney shaped natural freshwater lake in Nainital
Roopkund Lake Chamoli Natural 0.0015 0.37 Freshwater High altitude glacial lake in Chamoli. Also called Skeleton Lake.
Deoria Tal Rudraprayag Natural Freshwater Known for its wide 300° panorama
Suryadhar Lake Dehradun district Man-made .55 0.135908 Freshwater Freshwater lake in Nainital Dehradun dist
Kedar Tal Natural Freshwater

West Bengal

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Reddy, M. S.; Char, N. V. V. (10 March 2004). "Annex 2. List of Lakes". Management of Lakes in India (PDF). LakeNet's World Lakes Website. pp. 19–20.
  2. ^ "National wetland status for Son Beel". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 10 December 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Tehri Lake". euttaranchal.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
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