Important Dams in India
What is a dam?
A dam can be defined as a structure built across a river or stream to hold backwater. In different places, various different materials were used to build dams over the centuries. Ancient dam builders used natural materials such as rocks or clay. Modern-day dam builders often use concrete. Manmade dams create artificial lakes called reservoirs.
India is a country of various rivers. There are many dams on rivers that are built for many purposes and to fulfill our needs.
In the table given below, some most important dams are listed with rivers and States to which they belong.
Important Dams in India
The List of Important Dams in India is Given in the Table:
| Dam | River | State |
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Uri It is a 480 MW power station on the Jhelum river. |
Jhelum | Jammu and Kashmir |
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Dulhasti Dam 390 MW hydroelectric power plant, Built by NHPC |
Chenab | Jammu and Kashmir |
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Salal Dam salal dam was the first hydropower project built by India in Jammu and Kashmir under the Indus Water Treaty regime. with the capacity of Stage I: 345 MW, Stage II: 345 MW, Total: 690 MW |
Chenab | Jammu and Kashmir |
|
Baglihar This Dam is also called Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, is a run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, India Installed capacity: Stage I: 450 MW; Stage II: 450 MW; Total: 900 MW |
Chenab | Jammu and Kashmir |
|
Ranjeet Sagar Dam also called Thein dam |
Ravi | Punjab(on the border of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir) |
|
Bhakra Nangal Dam (New temple and Resurgent India- Jawahar Lal Nehru) Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The dam forms the Govind Sagar reservoir, with an Installed capacity: 1325 MW |
Sutlej | Himachal Pradesh (Bhakra in Himachal and Nangal in Punjab) |
|
Pong Dam Also called Maharana pratap sagar The reservoir is a wildlife sanctuary and also an International wetland site declared by Ramsar Convention. |
Beas | Himachal Pradesh |
| Nathpa Jhakri Dam | Sutlej | Himachal Pradesh |
| Tehri Dam(tallest dam in India) | Bhagirathi | Uttarakhand |
| Dhauliganga Dam | Dhauliganga | Uttarakhand |
|
Rihand Dam reservoir-Govind Vallabh pant Sagar Dam- largest manmade lake. It is a concrete gravity dam located at Pipri in Sonbhadra District in Uttar Pradesh. |
Rihand | Uttar Pradesh |
| Rani Lakshmi bai Dam also called Rajghat dam | Betwa | Uttar Pradesh |
|
Matatila Dam This dam is a dam in district Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, that was built in 1958 on the Betwa River, with a capacity of 33 MW |
Betwa | Uttar Pradesh |
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Hirakund Dam(longest Dam) Behind the dam extends a lake, Hirakud Reservoir, 55 km long. It is one of the first major multipurpose river valley projects started after India’s independence. It is with Installed capacity: 347.5 MW |
Mahanadi | Odisha |
| Tilaiya Dam And Maithan Dam | Barakar(Tributary of Damodar) | Jharkhand |
|
Panchet Dam It is also a multipurpose dam |
Damodar | Jharkhand |
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Jawahar Sagar Dam It is a concrete gravity dam. |
Chambal | Rajasthan |
| Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam | Mahi | Rajasthan |
| Bilaspur Dam | Banas | Rajasthan |
| Rana Pratap Sagar Dam | Chambal | Rajasthan |
| Sardar Sarovar Dam | Narmada | Gujarat |
| Ukai dam and kakrapar Dam | Tapti | Gujarat |
| Koyna Dam | Koyna river | Maharashtra |
| Ujani Dam | Bhima River | Maharashtra |
| Jayakwadi Dam | Godavari River | Maharashtra |
|
Gandhi Sagar Dam This dam is a masonry gravity dam |
Chambal | M.P |
|
Indira Sagar This is multipurpose project of the state Madhya Pradesh on the Narmada River, with the Installed capacity: 1,000 MW |
Narmada | M.P |
| Krishna rajas agar Dam | Kaveri | Karnataka |
| Tunga Bhadra Dam | Tunga Bhadra | Karnataka |
| Almatti Dam | Krishna | Karnataka |
|
Pochampad Dam Also called Sri ram Sagar Project, it is an Indian flood-flow project on the Godavari |
Godavari | Telangana |
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Nagarjuna Sagar dam India’s largest masonry Dam |
Krishna | Telangana |
| Srisailam Dam | Krishna | Andhra Pradesh |
| Somasila Dam | Pennar | Andhra Pradesh |
| Idukki (largest Arch dam in India) | Periyar | Kerala |
| Mullaperiyar | Periyar | Kerala |
|
Banasura Sagar Dam It is the largest earthen dam in India and the second largest in Asia |
Kabini | Kerala |
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Kallanai Dam This dam is an ancient dam and was originally constructed during the reign of Chola king Karikalan |
Cauvery | T.N |
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Mettur Dam This dam is one of the largest dams in India and also the largest in Tamil Nadu |
Cauvery |
T.N |
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