Waterfall and State

Waterfall State

Nohkalikai Falls Meghalaya

Vasudhara Falls (Alaknanda River) Uttarakhand

Chulia and Punasa (Chambal River) Rajasthan

Dhuandhar (Jabalpur), Kapildhara and Madhya Pradesh

Dugdh Dhara (Amarkantak) waterfalls

Chitrakoot Falls (Indravati River) Chhattisgarh

Hundru Falls (Swarnarekha River), Kakolat Jharkhand

Falls, Jonha/Gautamdhara, Dasam Falls,
Sadni Falls

Duduma Falls (Machhkund River) Odisha

Yenna Falls, Dhosedhar Falls Maharashtra

Dudhsagar Falls (Mandvi River) Goa

Magod Falls, Shivasamudram Falls Karnataka

(Cauvery), Gokak Falls, Balamuri Falls
(Cauvery)

Pykara Falls, Hogenakkal Falls Tamil Nadu

Meenmutty Falls Wayanad, Kerala

Gersoppa Falls
● Jog or Garsoppa Falls is built on the Sharavati River.
 ● This waterfall is known as 'Mahatma Gandhi Falls'.
● It is located in Karnataka. Its height is 255 meters.
● There are also four different waterfalls in this waterfall
named Raja, Rani, Rorar and Rocket.
● According to the World WaterFalls Database, Jog Falls is the
largest Waterfall in India in terms of width.

Thalaiyar Falls
● Thalaiyar Falls, also known as Rat Tail Falls is a waterfall
Located in the Theni District,which flows as Manjalar River,
one of the tributaries of Vaigai river which flows in the south
of Tamil Nadu State, South India.
● It is 975 ft (297 m) tall and is the highest waterfall in Tamil
Nadu, the third highest waterfall in India.

Kunchikal Falls
● Kunchikal Falls is the highest waterfall in India. Its height is
455 meters.
● This waterfall is situated on the river Varahi on the border of
Udupi-Shimoga district of Karnataka state.

Shivasamudram Falls
● Shivasamudram Falls is built on the river Kaveri.
● The largest waterfall in terms of volume in India is
Shivasamudram Falls.
● This waterfall is located in Karnataka. Its height is 90
meters.

Hundru Falls
● Hundru Falls is located in the state of Jharkhand.
● This waterfall is built on the Subarnarekha river.
 ● Its height is 98 meters (about 322 feet).

Chitrakoot Falls
● This waterfall is built on the Indravati river of Chhattisgarh.
● It is also called Niagara Falls of India.

Dam/Reservoir
Dam/Reservoir Location
Tulbul Project (Jhelum) Jammu and
Dulhasti Project (Chenab) Kashmir
Baglihar Project (Chenab)
Salal Project (Chenab)
Kishanganga Project (Kishanganga)
Chamera Project (Ravi River) Himachal
Nathpa-Jhakri Project (Sutlej River) Pradesh
Maharana Pratap Sagar Reservoir
Bhakra Nangal Dam (Sutlej)
Tehri Dam (Bhagirathi River) Uttarakhand
Koteshwar Hydroelectric Project (Bhagirathi
River)
Tanakpur Project (Kali River)
Gohana Tal Project (Virahi Ganga)
Shahpur Kandi Project (Ravi River) Punjab
Thein Dam
Jawahar Sagar Project (Chambal River) Rajasthan
Rana Pratap Sagar Project (Chambal River)
Sardar Sarovar Project Narmada Gujarat
Ukai Dam (Tapti)
Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar Reservoir Uttar Pradesh
Matatila Dam (Betwa)
Indira Sagar Project (Narmada) Madhya
Gandhi Sagar Project (Chambal) Pradesh
Omkareshwar Project (Narmada)
Bansagar Project (SON)
Girna Project Maharashtra
Jayakwadi Project (Godavari)
Kaleshwar Irrigation Project Telangana
Nizam Sagar Dam (Manjira River)
Pochampad Project (Godavari)
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam (Krishna River) Andhra
Polavaram Project (Godavari) Pradesh
Somshila Dam (Penna River)
Ramagundam Project (Godavari)

Almaty Dam (Krishna River) Karnataka

Tungabhadra Project
Sivasamudram Project
Linganmakki Dam (Sharavati River)

Idukki Project (Periyar River) Kerala

Mullaperiyar Dam
Hirakud Dam (Mahanadi) Odisha
Balimela Reservoir
Mayurakshi Project (Mayurakshi) Jharkhand
Panchet Dam
Tilaiya Dam (Barakar River)
Maithon Dam (Barakar River)
Lohit Project Arunachal
Kameng Project Pradesh
Tipaimukh Project (Barak River) Manipur
Tujh Bai Project Mizoram
Doyang Project Nagaland
Maharana Pratap Sagar reservoir
● It is also known as Pong Reservoir or Pong Dam.
● The reservoir is located in Kangra district of the state of
Himachal Pradesh in India.
● It was created in 1975, by building the highest earthfill dam
in India on the Beas River in the wetland zone of the Siwalik
Hills.
● The reservoir or the lake is a well-known wildlife sanctuary
and one of the international wetland sites designated by
the Ramsar Convention.

Thein Dam
● It is one of the major river valley projects of India.
● It is built on the Ravi river in Pathankot district of Punjab.
● It is also known as 'Ranjit Sagar Dam'.
● The construction of Thein Dam started in 1982 and it was
completed in 1999.

Tehri Dam
● Tehri Dam is the highest dam in India (It is almost 260.5 meters
high and is 592 meters long).
● It is the fourth highest dam in the world.
● located in the Tehri district of Uttarakhand.
● The dam is constructed on the Bhagirathi river.
● Its construction started in 1978 and was completed in 2006.
● It was built in collaboration with the USSR.
● Beneficiary states- Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar
Pradesh and Delhi.

Bhakra Nangal Dam

● Bhakra Nangal Dam is the largest dam (in volume) in India,
while the second largest in height.
 ● It is built on the Sutlej River in the Bilaspur district of
Himachal Pradesh.
● This gravity dam with a height of 225 meters is the second
largest dam in Asia.
● Bhakra Nangal reservoir is also known as 'Gobind Sagar'.

Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar Dam

● It is the largest man-made reservoir in India located in
Uttar pradesh.
● It is also known as Rihand Dam.
● Rihand Dam is a concrete gravity dam located at Pipri in
Sonbhadra District in Uttar Pradesh, India.
● Its reservoir area is on the border of Madhya Pradesh and
Uttar Pradesh.
● It is located on the Rihand River, a tributary of the Son River.

Matatila dam
● The Matatila Dam is a dam located in Lalitpur district,
Uttar Pradesh.
● It was built in 1958 on the Betwa River.
● This is the joint Project of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya
Pradesh.
● It is also Known as ‘Rani Laxmibai Dam’.

Sardar Sarovar Dam

● Sardar Sarovar is the second largest dam in India.
● This dam built on the Narmada River in Gujarat is 138
meters high (163 meters including foundation). Its
construction started in 1979.
● Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are
the major states to benefit from this dam.
Ukai Dam
● The Ukai Dam was constructed across the Tapti River in
1972.
● It is the second largest reservoir in Gujarat after the Sardar
Sarovar.
● It is also known as Vallabh Sagar.
● The dam is meant for irrigation, power generation and
flood control.

Hirakund Dam
● One of the longest dams in the world, Hirakund Dam is
built on the Mahanadi River in Odisha.
● This dam is the longest man-made dam in the world.
● It is a composite structure of clay concrete and stone.
● The Hirakund reservoir is 55 km long, the first multipurpose
river basin project after India's independence.

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam

● Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is the largest masonry dam in the
world.
● It is built on the Krishna river.
● It is situated in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.
● This dam is 490 feet high, 1.6 kilometers long.
● The dam is named after Acharya Nagarjuna, a Buddhist
monk.

Baglihar Dam
● Baglihar dam is a run-of-the-river power project on the
Chenab river in the Ramban district of the Indian union
territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Mayurakshi Project
● It is a multipurpose project located in Jharkhand (Chota
Nagpur plateau).
● It is built on the Mayurakshi river.
● It is also known as 'Canada Dam'.
● Through this project, electricity is provided to Jharkhand
and irrigation facilities to West Bengal.

Panchet Dam
● Panchet Dam is part of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC).
● It was constructed across the Damodar River at Panchet in
Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand, and
opened in 1959.
● It is a joint project of Jharkhand and West bengal.

Tilaiya Dam
● Tilaiya Dam is also part of Damodar Valley Corporation
(DVC).
● It was constructed across the Barakar River.
● It is located in Tilaiya in Koderma district in the state of
Jharkhand and opened in 1953.

Maithon Dam
● Maithon Dam is located about 48 kms from Dhanbad City,
jharkhand.
● It is located on the banks of river Barakar.
● This dam was specially designed for flood control and
generates 60,000 kW of electric power.
● There is an underground power station, the first of its kind
in the whole of SouthEast Asia.
Almatti Dam
● The Almatti Dam is a hydroelectric project on the Krishna
River in North Karnataka, India which was completed in July
2005.
● The Almatti dam is also known as the Lal Bahadur Shastri
Dam.

Machkund Project

● It is a joint project of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.

● It is built on the Machkund river on the border of Andhra
Pradesh (Visakhapatnam district) and Odisha (in Koraput
district).

Nizam sagar dam

● Nizam Sagar dam is a reservoir constructed across the
Manjira river, a tributary of the Godavari river in Medak
district of Telangana.
● Nizam Sagar is the oldest dam in the state of Telangana.
● This dam was constructed in 1923 by Mir Osman Ali Khan
(the 7th Nizam of the erstwhile Hyderabad State).

Pochampad Project
● It is also called as Sri Ram Sagar Project.
● It is a multipurpose dam structure across Godavari River.
● It is considered as a Lifeline for North Telangana.
● Sri Ram Sagar project serves irrigation needs in districts
such as Warangal, Karimnagar, Adilabad and Khammam
district.
Polavaram Project
● The Polavaram Project, is an under construction
multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in
the West Godavari District and East Godavari District in
Andhra Pradesh.
● The project has been accorded national project status by
the Union Government of India.

MullaPeriyar Dam
● It is located in the Cardamom Hills (Kerala) of the Western
Ghats (or Sahyadri) and is controlled by Tamil Nadu.
● The dam is the "cause of dispute" between Tamil Nadu and
Kerala.
● The main reason for the controversy is that it is very old
and has the potential to cause disaster.

Jayakwadi Project
● Jayakwadi Dam is located on the Godavari river in Paithan
taluka of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra.
● The water is mainly used to irrigate agricultural land in the
drought-prone Marathwada region of the state.

Linganamakki Dam
● The Linganamakki Dam was constructed in 1964 by the
Karnataka State Government.
● Located in the Kargal village of Shimoga district.
● The dam has a length of 2.74 kilometers stretching across
the Sharavathi river.
● It is located about 9 km from Jog Falls.
Somasila dam
● Somasila dam is constructed across River Penna near
Somasila in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh.
● The reservoir can get water by gravity from the Srisailam
reservoir located in Krishna basin.
● It is the biggest storage reservoir in the Penna River basin.