List of Mountain Passes of India

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Mountain Passes in India

Mostly Mountain Passes are found above the sources of rivers, these passes may be very short, or maybe many kilometers long. We are listing here the Passes which are found in India with their State (source place).

List of Mountain Passes in India

Name of Passes	State
Asirgarh	Madhya Pradesh
Banihal Pass (It is the Mountain pass of Pir Panjal range.)	Jammu and Kashmir
Bara-Lacha-La (16,400ft) (It is in the Zanskar range, connecting Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to Leh district in Ladakh in Leh – Manali Highway)	Himachal Pradesh
Bomdila It connects Arunachal Pradesh with Lhasa	Arunachal Pradesh
Changla Pass (17,585 ft) It connects Ladakh in greater Himalaya with Tibet	Ladakh
Chanshal Pass (14,830 ft)	Himachal Pradesh
Debsa Pass (17,520 ft) The pass is situated in the Greater Himalayas between the Kullu and Spiti districts of Himachal Pradesh.	Himachal Pradesh
Dehra Compass	Ladakh
Diphu Pass (15,049 ft) It connects Arunachal Pradesh to Mandalay (Myanmar)	Arunachal Pradesh
Dongkhala	Sikkim
Dhumdhar Kandi Pass	Uttarakhand
Fotu La	Ladakh
Goecha La (16,207 ft)	Sikkim
Haldighati Pass	Rajasthan
Jelep La (14,300ft)	Sikkim
Khardung La (17,582 ft)	Ladakh
Karakoram pass	Ladakh (Ladakh and Xinjiang)
Lanak pass	Ladakh (Ladakh and Tibet)
Kunzum Pass	Himachal Pradesh (Lahaul and Spiti)
Lipulekh Pass (17,500 ft) Connects Uttarakhand to Tibet (Pilgrim path for Mansarowar)	Uttarakhand
Lungalacha La	Ladakh
Lamkhaga Pass (17,336 ft)	Himachal Pradesh
Marsimik La (18,314 ft)	Ladakh
Muling La (18,599ft)	Uttarakhand (Uttarakhand and Tibet)
Mayali Pass	Uttarakhand
Mana Pass (High altitude mountain pass consisting of the highest motorable road with a height of 18,399ft) It Connects Uttarakhand to Tibet. Nama Pass	Uttarakhand
Namika La	Ladakh
Nathu La (Connects Sikkim and Tibet)	Sikkim It is situated at the Indo-China border.
Palakkad Gap	Kerala
Thamarassery Pass	Wayanad Kerala
Shenkottai Pass	Kollam Kerala
Pensi La	Ladakh
Rezang La	Ladakh
Rohtang Pass (13,051 ft) Eastern end of Pir Panjal range of Himalaya. It connects Kullu valley with Lahaul and Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh. The road is built by BRO.	Himachal Pradesh
Sasser La (17,753 ft)	Ladakh (Nubra & Siachen)
Shipki La (The river Sutlej enters India near this pass.)	Himachal Pradesh
Sia La	Jammu and Kashmir (Siachen Glacier)
Shingo La	Ladakh
Spangur Gap	Ladakh
Gyong La (18,655 ft)	Jammu and Kashmir (Siachen Glacier)
Sin La (18,028 ft)	Uttarakhand
Tu Zu Pass It is located on the border of Myanmar in the South-east region of Manipur.	Manipur
Thalghat Situated in Peninsular India, western Ghat (Shayadri). It connects Mumbai to Nasik.	Maharashtra
Tanglang La (17,583 ft) It is the second-highest motorable pass in India after Khardung Law	Ladakh
Traill’s pass (17,100 ft) Trail’s pass is situated at the end of Pinadari Glacier in Pithoragarh and Bhageshwar district of Uttarakhand. It links the Pindary Valley to the Milan Valley.	Uttarakhand
Umlig la in Ladakh (Umling la is the world’s highest motorable pass with height of 19300 ft) ZoziLa (12,400 ft) It is in the Zaskar Range of Jammu and Kashmir. The road route goes from Srinagar to Leh through the pass. Due to heavy snowfall, the route is closed from December to mid of May.	Kashmir and Ladakh