# List of largest reservoirs in India

This is a list of largest reservoirs in India, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km$^3$). In terms of number of dams, India ranks third after China, and USA. However per capita storage in India is only 225 cubic metres, which is far less compared to China(1,200 cubic metres),” Currently there are 7,216 completed large dams and 447 are under construction. In India most of the dams are maintained by the State Governments while there are a few other organizations, namely, Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) who also now own and operate dams.

## List

| State / UT | River | Dam | Height | Length | Type | Storage capacity | Reservoir Area | Complete |
| Uttar Pradesh | Rihand River | Rihand Dam (Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar) | 91.44 m (300 ft) | 934.45 m (3,066 ft) | Concrete Gravity | 10.6 km$^3$ - 374.34 TMC | 450 km$^2$ | 1962 |
| Kerala | Periyar River | Idukki Dam | 168.91 m (554 ft) | 365.85 m (1200 ft) | Double curvatureArch | 1.996 km$^3$ - 70.49 TMC (1,618,184 acre⋅ft) | 649.3 km$^2$ (251 sq mi) | 1973 |
| Maharashtra | Godavari | Jayakwadi Dam (Nath Sagar) | 41.30 m (135 ft) | 9,998 m (32,802 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity | 2.909 km$^3$ (2,358,365 acre⋅ft) 102.73 TMC | 217.50 km$^2$ (53,745 acres) | 1976 |
| Maharashtra | Bhima river | Ujjani Dam (Yashwant Sagar) | 54.4 m (178 ft) | 2,534 m (8,314 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity | 3.14 km$^3$ (2,545,639 acre⋅ft) 110.89 TMC | 337 km$^2$ (83,275 acres) | 1980 |
| Maharashtra | Koyna River | Koyna Dam (Shivasagar) | 103.2 m (339 ft) | 807.2 m (2,648 ft) | Gravity | 2.981 km$^3$ (2,416,736 acre⋅ft) 105.27 TMC | 891.78 km$^2$ (220,364 acres) | 1964 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Narmada | Indira Sagar | 92 m (302 ft) | 653 m (2,142 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity | 12.2 km$^3$ (9,890,701 acre⋅ft) 430.84 TMC | 950 km$^2$ (235k acres) | 2005 |
| Telangana | Godavari | Sriram Sagar | 43 m (141 ft) | 15.6 km (51,181 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity | 3.172 km$^3$ (2,571,582 acre⋅ft) 112.02 TMC | 450.82 km$^2$ (111,400 acres) | 1977 |
| Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | Krishna | Nagarjuna Sagar | 124.66 m (409 ft) | 4,865 m (15,961 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity | 11.561 km$^3$ (9,372,655 acre⋅ft) 408.27 TMC | 284.9 km$^2$ (70,400 acres) | 1960 |
| Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | Krishna | Srisailam Dam (Neelam Sanjeevareddy Sagar) | 145 m (476 ft) | 512 m (1,680 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity | 8.722 km$^3$ (7,071,040 acre⋅ft) 308.01 TMC | 616.42 km$^2$ (152,321 acres) | 1984 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Pennar | Somasila | 39 m (128 ft) | 760 m (2,493 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity | 2.20862 km$^3$ (1,790,557 acre⋅ft) 78 TMC | 212.28 km$^2$ (52,456 acres) | 1989 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Sutlej | Bhakra Dam (Gobind Sagar) | 226 m (741 ft) | 518 m (1,699 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity | 9.62 km$^3$ (7,799,061 acre⋅ft) 339.73 TMC | 168.35 km$^2$ (41,600 acres) | 1963 |
| Odisha | Mahanadi River | Hirakud Dam | 60.96 m (200 ft) | 25.8 km (84,646 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity | 5.896 km$^3$ (4,779,965 acre⋅ft) 208.22 TMC | 83,400 km$^2$ (20,608,589 acres) | 1957 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Sone River | Bansagar Dam | 66.00 m (217 ft) | 5 km (16,404 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity | 5.84 km$^3$ (4,734,565 acre⋅ft) 208.22 TMC | 18,648 km$^2$ (4,608,021 acres) | 2006 |
| Tamil Nadu | River Kaveri | Mettur Dam | 65 m (213.2 ft) | 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) | Masonry & Gravity | 2.64 km$^3$ - 93.23 TMC (2,140,286 acre-ft) | 42.5 km$^2$(10,502 acres) | 1934 |
| Gujarat | Narmada River | Sardar Sarovar Dam | 138.68 m (455 ft) | 1,210 m (3,970 ft) | Gravity Dam | 9.5 km$^3$ (7,701,775 acre⋅ft) 335.49 TMC | 375.33 km$^2$ | 2017 |
| Gujarat | Tapti River | Ukai Dam (Vallabh Sagar) | 105.16 m (345 ft) | 4,927 m (16,165 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity | 7.41 km$^3$ (6,007,385 acre⋅ft) 261.68 TMC | 612 km$^2$ (151,228 acres) | 1972 |
| Uttarakhand | Bhagirathi River | Tehri Dam | 260.5 m (855 ft) | 575 m (1,886 ft) | Embankment, earth and rock-fill | 4 km$^3$ (3,242,853 acre⋅ft) 141.26 TMC | 52 km$^2$ (12,849 acres) | 2006 |