List of largest reservoirs in India

This is a list of largest reservoirs in India, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre feet(1.2 km³). In terms of number of dams, India ranks fourth after China, USA and Russia. Currently there are 4710 completed large dams and 390 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.

State / UT	River	Dam	Height	Length	Type	Storage capacity	Reservoir Area	Complete
Kerala	Periyar	Idukki Dam	168.91 m (554 ft)	365.85 m (1200 ft)	Earth-fill & Gravith	1.996 km3 (1,618,184 acre⋅ft)	649.3 km2 (251 sq mi)	1973
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)	61,642 km2(15,232,070 acres)	2005
Telangana	Godavari	Sriram Sagar	43 m (141 ft)	15,600 m (51,181 ft)	Earth-fill & Gravity	3.172 km3(2,571,582 acre⋅ft)	450.82 km2 (111,400 acres)	1977
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)	284.9 km2 (70,400 acres)	1960
Andhra Pradesh	Krishna	Srisailam	145 m (476 ft)	512 m (1,680 ft)	Earth-fill & Gravity	8.722 km3(7,071,040 acre⋅ft)	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)	212.28 km2 (52,456 acres)	1989
Himachal Pradesh	Sutlej	Bhakra Dam	226 m (741 ft)	518 m (1,699 ft)	Earth-fill & Gravity	9.62 km3(7,799,061 acre⋅ft)	168.35 km2 (41,600 acres)	1963
Odisha	Mahanadi River	Hirakud Dam	60.96 m (200 ft)	4,800 m (15,748 ft)	Earth-fill & Gravity	5.896 km3(4,779,965 acre⋅ft)	83,400 km2(20,608,589 acres)	1957
Uttar Pradesh	Rihand River	Rihand Dam	91.44 m (300 ft)	934.21 m (3065 ft)	Concrete Gravity	10.6 km^3	5,148 km2	1962