List of largest reservoirs in India
This is a list of largest National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) who also now own and operate dams.
List
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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 km3 - 374.34 TMC | 450
km2 |
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 |
| Maharashtra | Godavari |
Jayakwadi Dam (Nath Sagar) | 41.30 m (135 ft) | 9,998 m (32,802 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity |
2.909 km3 (2,358,365 acre⋅ft) 102.73 TMC | 217.50 km2 (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 km3 (2,545,639 acre⋅ft) 110.89 TMC | 337 km2 (83,275 acres) | 1980 |
| Maharashtra | Koyna River | Koyna Dam (Shivasagar) | 103.2 m (339 ft) | 807.2 m (2,648 ft) | Gravity | 2.981 km3 (2,416,736 acre⋅ft) 105.27 TMC | 891.78 km2 (220,364 acres) | 1964 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Narmada |
Indira Sagar | 92 m (302 ft) | 653 m (2,142 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity |
12.2 km3 (9,890,701 acre⋅ft) 430.84 TMC | 950 km2 (235k acres) | 2005 |
| Telangana | Godavari |
Sriram Sagar | 43 m (141 ft) | 15.6 km (51,181 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity |
3.172 km3 (2,571,582 acre⋅ft) 112.02 TMC | 450.82 km2 (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 km3 (9,372,655 acre⋅ft) 408.27 TMC | 284.9 km2 (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 km3 (7,071,040 acre⋅ft) 308.01 TMC | 616.42 km2 (152,321 acres) | 1984 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Pennar |
Somasila | 39 m (128 ft) | 760 m (2,493 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity |
2.20862 km3 (1,790,557 acre⋅ft) 78 TMC | 212.28 km2 (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 km3 (7,799,061 acre⋅ft) 339.73 TMC | 168.35 km2 (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 km3 (4,779,965 acre⋅ft) 208.22 TMC | 83,400 km2 (20,608,589 acres) | 1957 |
| 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 | 138.68 m (455 ft) | 1,210 m (3,970 ft) | Gravity Dam | 9.5 km3 (7,701,775 acre⋅ft) 335.49 TMC | 375.33 km2 | 2017 |
| Gujarat | Tapti River | Ukai Dam (Vallabh Sagar) | 105.16 m (345 ft) | 4,927 m (16,165 ft) | Earth-fill & Gravity
|
7.41 km3 (6,007,385 acre⋅ft) 261.68 TMC | 612 km2 (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 km3 (3,242,853 acre⋅ft) 141.26 TMC | 52 km2 (12,849 acres) | 2006 |
See also
External links
References
- ^ "Statewise dams in India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- ^ "National register of dams in India" (PDF). Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
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