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Lakes in India

High-altitude lakes in Ladakh, wetlands, crater lakes and city lakes across India. 264 lakes across 29 states and union territories.

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Pangong Tso, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhDal Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhChilika Lake, OdishaRoopkund, UttarakhandWular Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhLoktak Lake, ManipurKerala backwaters, KeralaVembanad, KeralaTso Moriri, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhLonar Lake, MaharashtraSambhar Salt Lake, RajasthanGurudongmar Lake, SikkimLake Pichola, RajasthanPushkar Lake, RajasthanPulicat Lake, Andhra PradeshLake Tsomgo, SikkimHussain Sagar, TelanganaChandra Taal, Himachal PradeshKolleru Lake, Andhra PradeshAshtamudi Lake, KeralaManasbal Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhPowai Lake, MaharashtraSasthamcotta Lake, KeralaTso Kar, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhBellandur Lake, KarnatakaPampa Sarovar, KarnatakaRenuka Lake, Himachal PradeshSheshnag Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhDipor Bil, AssamKankaria Lake, GujaratAna Sagar Lake, RajasthanPrashar Lake, Himachal PradeshSukhna Lake, ChandigarhUmiam Lake, MeghalayaHimayat Sagar, TelanganaBhimtal Lake, UttarakhandGangabal Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhOsman Sagar, TelanganaKrishna Raja Sagara, KarnatakaPuzhal Lake, Tamil NaduNigeen Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhManimahesh Lake, Himachal PradeshHarike Wetland, PunjabGadsar Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhKrishansar Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhMansar Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhPakhal Lake, TelanganaNako Lake, Himachal PradeshChembarambakkam Lake, Tamil NaduTulsi Lake, MaharashtraTarsar Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhBhojtal, Madhya PradeshChandubi Lake, AssamFateh Sagar Lake, RajasthanKhecheopalri Lake, SikkimNakki Lake, RajasthanSuraj Tal, Himachal PradeshNainital Lake, UttarakhandVellayani Lake, KeralaTulian Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhKausar Nag, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhGil Sar, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhMaota Lake, RajasthanKodaikanal Lake, Tamil NaduKukkarahalli Lake, KarnatakaAnshupa Lake, OdishaGobind Sagar, Himachal PradeshVishansar Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhDhebar Lake, RajasthanAnchar Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhParavur Lake, KeralaPookode Lake, KeralaVastrapur Lake, GujaratMarsar Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhUlsoor Lake, KarnatakaHonnamana Kere, KarnatakaRabindra Sarobar, West BengalKhushal Sar, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhKaylana Lake, RajasthanMaharana Pratap Sagar, Himachal PradeshMananchira, KeralaSurinsar Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhMaguri Motapung Beel, AssamSamaguri Beel, AssamKanva Reservoir, KarnatakaKarna Lake, HaryanaHamirsar Lake, GujaratBhrigu Lake, Himachal PradeshDeoria Tal, UttarakhandRudrasagar Lake, TripuraPalak Dil, MizoramSattal, UttarakhandSenchal Lake, West BengalVeeranpuzha, KeralaShivsagar Lake, MaharashtraVenna Lake, MaharashtraUpvan Lake, MaharashtraLaknavaram Lake, TelanganaBhadrakali Lake, TelanganaGadisar Lake, RajasthanKeetham Lake, Uttar PradeshKhindsi Lake, MaharashtraLake Menmecho, SikkimLama Dal, Himachal PradeshLingambudhi Lake, KarnatakaBalimela Reservoir, OdishaBarua Sagar Tal, Madhya PradeshKaranji Lake, KarnatakaKareri Lake, Himachal PradeshGhadhasaru Lake, Himachal PradeshHesaraghatta Lake, KarnatakaBrahma Sarovar, HaryanaDamdama Lake, HaryanaEmerald Lake (Ooty), Tamil NaduVihar Lake, MaharashtraSannihit Sarovar, HaryanaNundkol Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhSatsar Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhSon Beel, AssamMir Alam Tank, TelanganaRajsamand Lake, RajasthanRamgarh Tal Lake, Uttar PradeshRasikbil, West BengalVeeranam Lake, Tamil NaduSurajkund, HaryanaTso Lhamo Lake, SikkimAgara Lake, KarnatakaAmeenpur Lake, TelanganaBadkhal Lake, HaryanaRamaroshan Site, Uttar PradeshMan Sagar Lake, RajasthanBalsamand Lake, RajasthanBanjara Lake, TelanganaBelasagar Lake, Uttar PradeshBerijam Lake, Tamil NaduUrpad Beel, AssamSilsako Lake, AssamLahartara Pond, Uttar PradeshMorikalang Beel, AssamLakhota Lake, GujaratSouth Lhonak Lake, SikkimKathajodi River, OdishaGorewada Lake, MaharashtraHebbal Lake, Bengaluru, KarnatakaHonnemaradu, KarnatakaKakki Reservoir, KeralaKaliveli Lake, Tamil NaduBindusagar Lake, OdishaSalim Ali Lake, MaharashtraVibhutipura Lake, KarnatakaAmbazari Lake, MaharashtraKanjia Lake, OdishaFutala Lake, MaharashtraSurha Tal, Uttar PradeshMudasarlova Reservoir, Andhra PradeshGhora Katora, BiharOoty Lake, Tamil NaduRankala Lake, MaharashtraRopar Wetland, PunjabSaroornagar Lake, TelanganaShanti Sagara, KarnatakaWaddepally Lake, TelanganaMadiwala Lake, KarnatakaMunsar Lake, GujaratOusteri Lake, PuducherrySursagar Lake, GujaratPoondi Reservoir, Tamil NaduBrari Nambal, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhUkkadam Lake, Tamil NaduGopi Talav, GujaratVarun Sagar Lake, RajasthanBandra Talao, MaharashtraGollapalli Reservoir, Andhra PradeshDora Beel, AssamWard's Lake, MeghalayaKhanpursar, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhSirudavoor Lake, Tamil NaduMer Beel, AssamSaputara Lake, MaharashtraAgastya Lake, KarnatakaKanjli Wetland, PunjabHauz-i-Shamsi, DelhiBhoj Wetland, Madhya PradeshChetpet Lake, Tamil NaduDodital, UttarakhandDurgam Cheruvu, TelanganaEnamakkal Lake, KeralaTatipudi Reservoir, Andhra PradeshThippagondanahalli Reservoir, KarnatakaVadakkechira, KeralaKolavai Lake, Tamil NaduChitlapakkam Lake, Tamil NaduBijoy Sagar, TripuraPuttenahalli Lake, KarnatakaDhankar Lake, Himachal PradeshThadlaskein Lake, MeghalayaDamodar Kund, GujaratMotijhil, West BengalNaukuchiatal, UttarakhandPachpadra Lake, RajasthanPashan Lake, MaharashtraPothireddypadu Reservoir, Andhra PradeshRamgarh Lake, RajasthanSankey tank, KarnatakaStanley Reservoir, Tamil NaduKanithi Balancing Reservoir, Andhra PradeshShamirpet Lake, TelanganaTilyar Lake, HaryanaLake Badi, RajasthanNandan Sar Lake, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhMirik Lake, West BengalKondakarla Ava, Andhra PradeshDimna Lake, JharkhandMeghadri Gedda Reservoir, Andhra PradeshRaiwada Reservoir, Andhra PradeshKaralad Lake, KeralaMasunda Lake, MaharashtraMahakali Lake, Himachal PradeshSholavaram Aeri, Tamil NaduTam Dil, MizoramSafilguda Lake, TelanganaUdai Sagar Lake, RajasthanKedartal, UttarakhandKhajjiar Lake, Himachal PradeshMacchial Lake, Himachal PradeshAliyar Reservoir, Tamil NaduAlwal Lake, TelanganaAvalanche Lake, Nilgiris, Tamil NaduHebbal Lake, Mysore, KarnatakaJoysagar Tank, AssamTampara Lake, OdishaGovind Ballabh Pant Sagar, Uttar PradeshFox Sagar Lake, TelanganaKamalasagar, TripuraDal Lake, Himachal PradeshDarwan Lake, Uttar PradeshDashair Lake, Himachal PradeshGanga Lake, Arunachal PradeshRukn-ud-Daula Lake, TelanganaSatopanth Tal, UttarakhandTalwara Lake, HaryanaSinganallur Lake, Tamil NaduPechiparai Reservoir, Tamil NaduHomkund, UttarakhandShukrawari Lake, MaharashtraBahour Lake, Tamil NaduJeedipalli Reservoir, Andhra PradeshKorattur Aeri, Tamil NaduVanchikulam, KeralaJakkur Lake, KarnatakaAjwa, GujaratModak Sagar, MaharashtraPalair Lake, TelanganaPocharam Lake, TelanganaPuttenahalli Lake, KarnatakaTawa Reservoir, Madhya PradeshRewalsar Lake, Himachal PradeshUmda Sagar Lake, TelanganaRamappa Lake, TelanganaAyyanakere, KarnatakaKyago Tso, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhSirpur Lake, Madhya PradeshParuthipattu Lake, Tamil NaduKhajaguda Lake, Telangana

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The best-known lakes

Ranked by how many language editions of Wikipedia cover them.

Pangong Tso

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh

Soda lake in the Himalayas.

Where
Ngari Prefecture
Elevation
4,250 m
Area
690 km²

Wikipedia

Dal Lake

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
Where
Srinagar
Elevation
1,580 m
Area
20 km²

Wikipedia

Chilika Lake

Odisha
Status
Ramsar wetland of international importance; On UNESCO’s tentative list
Area
1,165 km²

Wikipedia

Roopkund

Uttarakhand

High altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand, India.

Where
Chamoli district
Elevation
5,030 m

Wikipedia

Wular Lake

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
Where
Jammu and Kashmir
Status
Ramsar wetland of international importance
Elevation
1,580 m

Wikipedia

Loktak Lake

Manipur
Area
287 km²

Wikipedia

Kerala backwaters

Kerala

Water Bodies and Lagoons of Kerala, a southern state of India..

Status
Ramsar wetland of international importance

Kochi guide (17 km)Wikipedia

Tso Moriri

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
Where
Ladakh
Status
Ramsar wetland of international importance
Elevation
4,520 m
Area
145 km²

Wikipedia

Lonar Lake

Maharashtra
Where
Buldhana district
Elevation
480 m

Wikipedia

Sambhar Salt Lake

Rajasthan

Salt lake located in India.

Status
Ramsar wetland of international importance

Wikipedia

Gurudongmar Lake

Sikkim
Where
Mangan district
Elevation
5,150 m
Area
1.2 km²

Wikipedia

Pulicat Lake

Andhra Pradesh
Area
450 km²

Wikipedia

Chandra Taal

Himachal Pradesh

Lake situated in the Lahaul part of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh (India).

Where
Lahaul and Spiti district
Status
Ramsar wetland of international importance; On UNESCO’s tentative list

Manali guide (48 km)Wikipedia

Kolleru Lake

Andhra Pradesh
Status
Ramsar wetland of international importance

Wikipedia

All 264 lakes by state

Andhra Pradesh 11

Arunachal Pradesh 1

Assam 11

Bihar 1

Chandigarh 1

Delhi 1

Gujarat 9

Haryana 8

Himachal Pradesh 19

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh 27

Jharkhand 1

Karnataka 24

Kerala 14

Madhya Pradesh 5

Maharashtra 19

Manipur 1

Meghalaya 3

Mizoram 2

Odisha 7

Puducherry 1

Punjab 3

Rajasthan 18

Sikkim 6

Tamil Nadu 23

Telangana 22

Tripura 3

Uttar Pradesh 8

Uttarakhand 10

West Bengal 5

Frequently asked questions

Which state has the most lakes on this list?
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, with 27 of the 264. Next come Karnataka (24) and Tamil Nadu (23).
What are the best-known lakes in India?
Measured by how many language editions of Wikipedia write about them, the best known are Pangong Tso, Dal Lake, Chilika Lake, Roopkund, Wular Lake.
How did you choose these lakes?
They are the lakes in India that Wikidata, the free database behind Wikipedia, records with a location and articles in at least 4 Wikipedia languages. That keeps the list to places people actually look up. We checked the data on 19 Oct 2026.

Sources: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia, checked 19 Oct 2026. Spotted a mistake? Email namaste@india-4u.com.

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