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| Largest & Smallest | Name | State |
|---|---|---|
| Largest Fresh Water Lake in India | Wular Lake | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Largest Saline Water Lake in India | Chilka Lake | Orissa |
| Highest Lake in India | Cholamu Lake | Sikkim |
| Longest Lake in India | Vembanad Lake | Kerala |
| Largest Artificial Lake in India | Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam) | Pipri in Sonbhadra District in Uttar Pradesh |
| Lakes | city | State | Type | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agata lake | Bangalore | Karnataka | Freshwater | Located in southwest part of the city |
| Ashtamudi Kayal | Kollam | Kerala | Brackish water | Ramsar wetland site |
| Badkal Lake | Faridabad | Haryana | Freshwater | Man made |
| Badrakali lake | Warangal | Telegana | Freshwater | Artificial lake |
| Belasagar | Kulpahar | Uttar Pradesh | Freshwater | Irrigation lake |
| Bellandur Lake | Bangalore | Karnataka | Freshwater | ?- |
| Bhimtal | Nainital | Uttarakhand | Freshwater | Medium altitude lake |
| Bhojtal | Bhopal | Madhya. Pradesh | Freshwater | Ramsar site; largest artificial lake in India |
| Blue Bird Lake | Hisar | Haryana | Freshwater | Migratory Birds, Wetland Habitat |
| Brahma Sarovar | Thaneswar | Haryana | Freshwater | Ancient water pool sacred to Hinduism |
| Chandra Taal | Lahul and Spiti | Himachal Pradesh | Sweetwater lake | Ramsar wetland site |
| Chandubi lake | Kamrup | Assam | Freshwater | Migratory Birds (winter); formed by 1897 earthquake |
| Chembarambakkam | Chennai | Tamilnadu | Artificial lake | ?- |
| Chilika lake | Puri | Orissa | Brackish water | India's largest brackish water lake; lagoon |
| Dal lake | Srinagar | J &K | Warm monomitic | Remnants of? past glacial period |
| Damdama Lake | Sohna | Haryana | Freshwater | Constructed by British government for Rainwater Harvesting |
| DeeporBeel | Kamrup | Assam | Freshwater | Under Ramsar Convention |
| East Calcutta wetlands | Calcutta | West Bengal | Brackish | |
| Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar | Sonbhadra | Uttar Pradesh | Man-made lake | Rihand dam |
| Haflong Lake | Silchar | Assam | Freshwater | High altitude lake |
| Hamirsar lake | Kutch | Gujarat | Artificial | Situated in centre of Bhuj |
| Harike | Ferozepur | Punjab | Freshwater | Ramsar wetland site |
| Honnamana | Kodagu | Karnataka | Freshwater | Holy lake, place for various festivals |
| Hussain Sagar | Hyderabad | Telangana | Artificial lake | Artificial Gibraltar rock island |
| Kanjia lake | Bhubaneswar | Orissa | Freshwater | Wetland of national importance |
| Kanjli | Kapurthala | Punjab | Freshwater | Ramsar wetland site |
| Kankaria lake | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | Artificial | During 14th century by Muhammed Shah II |
| Kanwar Lake | Begusarai | Bihar | Oxbow (freshwater) | Asia?s largest freshwater oxbow lake; |
| Karachi lake | Mysore | Karnataka | ?- | Butterfly park |
| Karna | Karnal | Haryana | Freshwater | Connected to great epic Mahabharata |
| Khecheoplari | West Sikkim | Sikkim | Freshwater | Sacred lake for Hindus and Buddhists |
| Kolleru Lake | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh | Freshwater | Home to migratory birds |
| Kukarahalli lake | Mysore | Karnataka | Freshwater | Recreational |
| Kuttanad | Alappuzha, Kottayam | Kerala | Backwater paddy cultivation | |
| Loktak lake | ?- | Manipur | Lenticular freshwater | Ramsar wetland; Phumdis (Floating Islands); Multipurpose project |
| Lonar lake | Buldhana | Maharashtra | Crater lake | National Geo-Heritage monument |
| MaharanaPratapSagar | Kangra | Himachal Pradesh | Freshwater | Ramsar site |
| Nagarjuna Sagar | Nalgonda | Andhra Pradesh | Freshwater | Artificially constructed; Krishna river |
| Narayan Sarovar | Kutch | Gujarat | Artificial freshwater | Pilgrimage site for Hindus |
| Ooty lake | Nilgiris | Tamilnadu | Freshwater | Boat House |
| Pampa Sarovar | Hampi | Karnataka | Freshwater | Tungabhadra river |
| Pangong Tso | Ladakh | J &K | Endorheic Lake (saline water) | Indo-China Border |
| Prashar lake | Mandi | Himachal Pradesh | Holomitic (Freshwater) | It has a floating Island |
| Pulicat Lake | Sullurpet | Andhra Pradesh | Brackish Water | It encompasses Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary; Satish Dhawan Space Centre located here |
| Rajsamand | Rajsamand | Rajasthan | Freshwater | ?- |
| Rupar | Rupnagar | Punjab | Freshwater | Manmade riverine lake |
| Salim Ali | Aurangabad | Maharashtra | Freshwater | Birdwatching |
| Sambhar lake | Sambhar Lake-town | Rajasthan | Saltwater | Ramsar wetland; largest inland saltwater lake in India |
| Shashtamkotta | Kollam | Kerala | Freshwater | Ramsar wetland |
| Shivsagar | Satara | Maharashtra | Freshwater | Koyna dam |
| Son Beel | Karimganj | Assam | Freshwater (Tectonically formed) | Largest wetland in Assam |
| Suraj Taal | Lahul and Spiti | Himachal Pradesh | Freshwater (High Altitude) | Bhaga River inflow |
| Tam Dil | Saitual | Mizoram | Freshwater | ?- |
| Thol Lake | Mehsana | Gujarat | Lentic lake | Constructed for irrigation purpose |
| Tilyar | Rohtak | Haryana | Freshwater (canal inflow) | Located inside Tilyar Zoo |
| Tsomgo lake | East Sikkim | Sikkim | Freshwater | Winter frozen |
| TsoMoriri | Ladakh | J &K | Saltwater | High altitude lake |
| Ulsoor lake | Bangalore | Karnataka | Stale water | It has several islands |
| Umiam | Shillong | Meghalaya | Freshwater | Famous for cycling and boating |
| Vastrapur | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | Freshwater | Narmada River; |
| Vembanad | ?- | Kerala | Brackish water | Ramsar wetland; boat race |
| Wular lake | Bandipora | J &K | Tectonic lake (fresh water) | Largest freshwater lake in India |
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