This is a list of largest reservoirs in India, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater or equal to 1000000acre feet. 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.[1] [2] 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.
| 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 km3 - 374.34 TMC | 450km2 | 1962 |
| Kerala | Periyar | Idukki Dam | 168.91 m(554 ft) | 365.85 m(1200 ft) | Double curvatureArch | 1.996 km3 - 70.49 TMC(1,618,184 acre⋅ft) | 649.3 km2(251 sq mi) | 1973 |
| Jayakwadi Dam (Nath Sagar) | 41.30NaN0 | 99980NaN0 | 2.9090NaN0 102.73 TMC | 217.50NaN0 | 1976 | |||
| Ujjani Dam (Yashwant Sagar) | 54.40NaN0 | 25340NaN0 | 3.140NaN0 110.89 TMC | 3370NaN0 | 1980 | |||
| Koyna Dam (Shivasagar) | 103.20NaN0 | 807.20NaN0 | 2.9810NaN0 105.27 TMC | 891.780NaN0 | 1964 | |||
| 920NaN0 | 6530NaN0 | 12.20NaN0 430.84 TMC | 950 km2 (235k acres) | 2005 | ||||
| 430NaN0 | 15.60NaN0 | 3.1720NaN0 112.02 TMC | 450.820NaN0 | 1977 | ||||
| 124.660NaN0 | 48650NaN0 | 11.5610NaN0 408.27 TMC | 284.90NaN0 | 1960 | ||||
| Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | Srisailam Dam (Neelam Sanjeevareddy Sagar) | 1450NaN0 | 5120NaN0 | 8.7220NaN0 308.01 TMC | 616.420NaN0 | 1984 | ||
| 390NaN0 | 7600NaN0 | 2.208620NaN0 78 TMC | 212.280NaN0 | 1989 | ||||
| Bhakra Dam (Gobind Sagar) | 2260NaN0 | 5180NaN0 | 9.620NaN0 339.73 TMC | 168.350NaN0 | 1963 | |||
| 60.960NaN0 | 25.80NaN0 | 5.8960NaN0 208.22 TMC | 834000NaN0 | 1957 | ||||
| 660NaN0 | 50NaN0 | 5.840NaN0 208.22 TMC | 186480NaN0 | 2006 | ||||
| Tamil Nadu | River Kaveri | Mettur Dam | 65 m(213.2 ft) | 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) | Masonry& Gravity | 2.64 km3 - 93.23 TMC(2,140,286 acre-ft) | 42.5 km2(10,502 acres) | 1934 |
| Gujarat | Narmada River | Sardar Sarovar Dam | 138.680NaN0 | 12100NaN0 | Gravity Dam | 9.50NaN0 335.49 TMC | 375.33 km2 | 2017 |
| Gujarat | Tapti River | Ukai Dam (Vallabh Sagar) | 105.160NaN0 | 49270NaN0 | Earth-fill & Gravity | 7.410NaN0 261.68 TMC | 6120NaN0 | 1972 |
| Uttarakhand | Bhagirathi River | Tehri Dam | 260.50NaN0 | 5750NaN0 | Embankment, earth and rock-fill | 40NaN0 141.26 TMC | 520NaN0 | 2006 |