Lake is a surface water body which is surrounded by land.

Rivers will be outlet or inlet

to the lakes i.e. lakes take the water from rivers or act as a source of water. Lakes are
found in various landscapes like Hilly areas, plains, plateaus, rift zones, etc. In this
article, we will read state wise list of  Natural Lakes in India.

Natural Lakes in India (State Wise)

A)  There are various types of lakes which can be classified based on different criteria
– They are Fresh Water Lakes, Salt Water lakes, Natural Lakes, Artificial Lakes, oxbow
lake, Crater Lake etc.
 Crater Lake- Formed due volcanic activity
 Oxbow Lake- Formed by river deposits
B)  Lakes have various applications like drinking water, irrigation, navigation, water
storage, livelihood (fishing, etc.), impact on microclimate, etc.
Important Facts
 Largest freshwater lake in India – Wular Lake, Jammu and Kashmir
 Largest Saline water lake in India – Chilka Lake, Orissa
 Highest lake in India (Altitude) – Cholamu lake, Sikkim
 Longest Lake in India – Vembanad lake, Kerala
 Largest Artificial Lake in India – Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)

Lakes in India
S.N Name State District Type of Facts/Descript
o. Lakes ion
1 Pulicat Lake Andhra Sullurpet Brackish It
Prades Water encompasses
h Pulicat Lake
Bird Sanctuary;
Satish Dhawan
Space Centre
located here
2 Kolleru Lake Andhra Vijayawada Freshwater Home to
Prades migratory birds
h Largest
freshwater
lake(Ramsar
site)
3 Nagarjuna Sagar Andhra Nalgonda Freshwater Artificially
Prades constructed;
h Krishna river
4 Haflong Lake Assam Silchar Freshwater High altitude
 lake
5 DeeporBeel Assam Kamrup Freshwater Under Ramsar
Convention
6 Son Beel Assam Karimganj Freshwater Largest
(Tectonical wetland in
ly formed) Assam
7 Chandubi lake Assam Kamrup Freshwater Migratory
Birds (winter);
formed by
1897
earthquake
8 Kanwar Lake Bihar Begusarai Oxbow Asia’s largest
(freshwate freshwater
r) oxbow lake;
9 Hamirsar lake Gujarat Kutch Artificial Situated in
centre of Bhuj
10 Kankaria lake Gujarat Ahmedabad Artificial During 14th
century by
Muhammed
Shah II
11 Narayan Sarovar Gujarat Kutch Artificial Pilgrimage site
freshwater for Hindus
12 Thol Lake Gujarat Mehsana Lentic lake Constructed
for irrigation
purpose
13 Vastrapur Gujarat Ahmedabad Freshwater Narmada
River;
Picnic spot
14 Badkal Lake Haryan Faridabad Freshwater Man made
a
15 Blue Bird Lake Haryan Hisar Freshwater Migratory
a Birds, Wetland
Habitat
16 Brahma Sarovar Haryan Thaneswar Freshwater Ancient water
a pool sacred to
Hinduism
17 Damdama Lake Haryan Sohna Freshwater Constructed by
a British
 government
for Rainwater
Harvesting
18 Karna Haryan Karnal Freshwater Connected to
a great epic
Mahabharata
19 Tilyar Haryan Rohtak Freshwater Located inside
a (canal Tilyar Zoo
inflow)
20 Chandra Taal Himach Lahul and Sweetwate Ramsar
al Spiti r lake wetland site
Prades
h
21 Suraj Taal Himach Lahul and Freshwater Bhaga River
al Spiti (High inflow
Prades Altitude)
h
22 Maharana Pratap Himach Kangra Freshwater Ramsar site
Sagar al
Prades
h
23 Prashar lake Himach Mandi Holomitic It has a
al (Freshwate floating Island
Prades r)
h
24 Dal lake J &K Srinagar Warm Remnants of 
monomitic past glacial
period
25 Pangong Tso J &K Ladakh Tectonic, Indo-China
Endorheic Border
Lake
(saline
water)
26 Wular lake J &K Bandipora Tectonic Largest
lake (fresh freshwater
water) lake in India
27 TsoMoriri J &K Ladakh Tectonic, High altitude
Saltwater lake
28 Agata lake Karnata Bangalore Freshwater Located in
 ka southwest part
of the city
29 Bellandur Lake Karnata Bangalore Freshwater  -
ka
30 Karachi lake Karnata Mysore  - Butterfly park
ka
31 Ulsoor lake Karnata Bangalore Stale water It has several
ka islands
32 Kukarahalli lake Karnata Mysore Freshwater Recreational
ka
33 Honnamana Karnata Kodagu Freshwater Holy lake,
ka place for
various
festivals
34 Pampa Sarovar Karnata Hampi Freshwater Tungabhadra
ka river
35 Ashtamudi Kayal Kerala Kollam Brackish Ramsar
water wetland site
36 Kuttanad Kerala Alappuzha,   Backwater
Kottayam paddy
cultivation
37 Vembanad Kerala  - Brackish Largest in
water Kerala, Ramsar
wetland; boat
race
38 Shashtamkotta Kerala Kollam Freshwater Ramsar
wetland
39 Bhojtal Madhy Bhopal Freshwater Ramsar site;
a. largest
Prades artificial lake in
h India
40 Salim Ali Mahara Aurangabad Freshwater Birdwatching
shtra
41 Shivsagar Mahara Satara Freshwater Koyna dam
shtra
42 Lonar lake Mahara Buldhana Crater lake National Geo-
shtra Heritage
 monument
43 Loktak lake Manipu  - Lenticular Ramsar
r freshwater wetland;
Phumdis
(Floating
Islands);
Multipurpose
project
44 Umiam Meghal Shillong Freshwater Famous for
aya cycling and
boating
45 Tam Dil Mizora Saitual Freshwater  -
m
46 Chilika lake Orissa Puri Brackish India's largest
water brackish water
lake; lagoon
47 Kanjia lake Orissa Bhubaneswar Freshwater Wetland of
national
importance
48 Harike Punjab Ferozepur Freshwater Ramsar
wetland site
49 Rupar Punjab Rupnagar Freshwater Manmade
riverine lake
50 Kanjli Punjab Kapurthala Freshwater Ramsar
wetland site
51 Sambhar lake Rajasth Sambhar Saltwater Ramsar
an Lake-town wetland;
largest inland
saltwater lake
in India
62 Ana Sagar Lake Rajasth Ajmer Artificial built by
an Chauhan King,
52 Rajsamand Rajasth Rajsamand Freshwater  Built in 1660
an
Jaisamand Rajasta Udaipur Freshwater Second largest
han artificial lake
53 Tsomgo lake Sikkim East Sikkim Freshwater Winter frozen
54 Khecheoplari Sikkim West Sikkim Freshwater Sacred lake for
 Hindus and
Buddhists
55 Ooty lake Tamiln Nilgiris Freshwater Boat House
adu
56 Chembarambakka Tamiln Chennai Artificial  -
m adu lake
57 Hussain Sagar Telang Hyderabad Artificial Artificial
ana lake Gibraltar rock
island
Osman Sagar Musi River

Himayat Sagar
58 Badrakali lake Telega Warangal Freshwater Artificial lake
na
59 Govind Ballabh Uttar Sonbhadra Man-made Rihand dam
Pant Sagar Prades lake
h
60 Belasagar Uttar Kulpahar Freshwater Irrigation lake
Prades
h
61 Bhimtal Uttarak Nainital Dissolution Medium
hand Freshwater altitude lake
62 East Calcutta West Calcutta Brackish Ramsar
wetlands Bengal water wetland