This is a list of notable lakes in India.
Bhopal is knowns as The City of Lakes, as it has 17 lakes and 5 reservoirs, biggest lake Bhojtal has an area of 31 km2 Bangalore has highest number of small lakes Lake Palace (Jag Niwas) in Lake Pichola, Udaipur, Rajasthan Shikaras on Dal Lake, Jammu & Kashmir Boats on Naini Lake, Kumaon, Uttarakhand House boat on Vembanad Lake, Kerala Sailing on the Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh, India Spot-billed pelican at Pulicat Lake, Andhra Pradesh Chandubi Lake, Assam Pangong Lake, Ladakh Thol Lake, Gujarat Renuka Lake, Himachal Pradesh The ghats of Pushkar Lake, Rajasthan Suraj Tal, Himachal Pradesh Manasbal Lake, Kashmir Umiam Lake, Shillong, Meghalaya Tsomoriri, Ladakh Sumendu Lake, Mirik, West Bengal Damdama Lake, Haryana Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad, Telangana A bird flying over Hesaraghatta Lake in Bangalore, Karnataka Upper Lake (Bhopal), Madhya Pradesh Loktak Lake, Manipur Lesser Flamingos at Chilika Lake, Orissa Gurudongmar Lake, Sikkim Ropar Wetland, Punjab Nakki Lake, Mount Abu, Rajasthan Kodaikanal Lake, Tamil Nadu Emerald Lake, Ooty, Tamil Nadu Rabindra Sarobar, Kolkata, West Bengal Shivasagar Lake, Maharashtra Tsongmo Lake, SikkimName | District | Type | Size km2 | Size Acres | Quality | Notes |
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Tehri Lake | Tehri Garhwal | Man-made | 52 | 12849.50 | Freshwater | Created by Tehri Dam, in New Tehri |
Bhimtal Lake | Nainital district | Man-made | .48 | 118.61 | Freshwater | Created from masonry dam in Nainital Distt |
Nainital Lake | Nainital district | Natural | .48 | 118.61 | Freshwater | Kidney shaped natural freshwater lake in Nainital |
Roopkund Lake | Chamoli | Natural | 0.0015 | 0.37 | Freshwater | High altitude glacial lake in Chamoli. Also called Skeleton Lake. |
Deoria Tal | Rudraprayag | Natural | Freshwater | Known for its wide 300° panorama | ||
Suryadhar Lake | Dehradun district | Man-made | .55 | 0.135908 | Freshwater | Freshwater lake in Nainital Dehradun dist |
Kedar Tal | Natural | Freshwater |
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