As an aspirant to enter into the government sector of India, it is very important to get yourself updated with general knowledge. General awareness is one of most included topics in almost all the competitive exams. General awareness includes both static GK and current affairs GK. Static GK is all about the static facts that will never change. Static GK includes names of places, rivers, dam, important dates, people etc. Static GK definitely is one of the high scoring sections in the exams as the questions are direct and easy to solve. Hence keeping yourself updated with the important parts of static GK will give you an increased chance to score better marks .In this article Entri will provide you the significant details on the important dams in India.
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Important Dams in India
Every resource around us when utilized appropriately will definitely give lot of benefits to the surrounding. Water, our valuable natural resource is potentially utilized by the construction of dams on the river. India is a land with many rivers and we have made the best preservation of our resource by utilizing it through the construction of dams. Reservoirs created by the dam help in suppressing floods as well as locking water for further use. Hydroelectricity generation is one of the important contributions of dam construction. Reservoirs also provide water for domestic, industrial and agricultural usage. India has a total of 5202 large dams.
In this article let us check
- Details of important dams in India
- State wise list of all dams in India and the river located
1. Details of important dams in India
Highest dam in India: Tehri Dam
State: Uttarakhand
Height: 260 meters
Highest Power Capacity: 2,000 MW
Length: 575 meters
Reservoir: 4.0 cubic kilometers
River: Bhagirathi River
The construction started in 1978.
Longest Dam in India: Hirakud Dam
State: Odisha
River: Mahanadi
Length: 25.8 Km
Reservoir: 55 km
Oldest Dam in India: Kallani Dam
The dam was originally built by King Karikalan of the Chola Dynasty in c. 100 BC – c. 100 AD.
State: Tamilnadu
River: Kaveri
2. State wise list of dams in India and the river located in India
| State | Dam | River |
| Andhra Pradesh | Kalyani Dam
Kandaleru Dam Srisailam Dam Somasila Dam Veligallu Dam NagarjunaSagar Dam |
Swarnamukhi River
Kandaleru River Krishna River Penna River Papagni River Krishna River |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Dibang Dam (Under Construction)
Ranganadi Dam Subansiri Dam |
Dibang River
Ranganadi River Subansiri River |
| Bihar | Chandan Dam
Durgawati Dam Nagi Dam |
Chandan River
Durgawati River Nagi River |
| Chhattisgarh | Gangrel Dam
Kutaghat Dam Minimata (Hasdeo) Bango Dam Dudhawa Dam |
Mahanadi River
Kharang River Hasdeo River Mahanadi River |
| Gujarat | Dantiwada Dam
Kandana Dam Kamleshwar Dam Sardar Sarovar Dam Ukai Dam |
Banas River
Mahi River Hiran River Narmada River Tapti River |
| Punjab | Bakhra Nangal Dam
Damsal Dam Ranjit Sagar (Thein) Dam Siswan Dam |
Sutlej River
Damsal River Ravi River Siswan Khad |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bhakra Nangal Dam
Chamera Dam Maharana Pratap Sagar Dam Pandoh Dam |
Sutlej River
Ravi River Beas River Beas River |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Baglihar Dam
Cholal Dam Shahpur Kandi Dam Shalal Dam Uri Dam |
Chenab River
Cholal Choe River Ravi River Chenab River Jhelum River |
| Jharkhand | Konar Dam
Maithon Dam Panchet Dam Tenughat Dam |
Konar River
Barakar River Damodar River Damodar River |
| Karnataka | Matti Dam
Bhadra Dam Hemavathi Dam Hidkal Dam Lakhya Dam Linganamakki Dam Malaprabha Dam Supa Dam Tunga Bhadra Dam |
Krishna River
Bhadra River Hemavathi River Ghataprabha River Lakhya River Sharavathi River Malaprabha River Kalinadi(kali) River Thunga Bhadra River |
| Kerala | Cheruthoni Dam
Idamalayar Dam Idukki Arch Dam Kulamavu Dam Kakki Dam Malampuzha Dam Mullaiperiyar Dam Parambikulam Dam Neyyar Dam |
Cheruthoni River
Edamalayar/Periyar River Periyar River Kaliyar River Kakki River Malampuzha river Periyar River Parambikulam River Neyyar River |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bargi Dam
Gandhi Sagar Dam Indira Sagar Dam Madikheda Dam Omkareshwar Dam Tawa Dam |
Narmada River
Chambal River Narmada River Sindh River Narmada River Tawa River |
| Maharastra | Bhatsa Dam
Isapur Dam Jayakwadi(Paithan) Dam Koyna Dam Totladoh Dam Ujjani (Bhima) Dam Warna Dam |
Bhatsa & Chorna River
Penganga River Godavari River Koyna River Pench River Bhima River Warna River |
| Odisha | Hirakud Dam
Indravati Dam Kapur Dam Mandira Dam Muran Dam Podagada Dam Rengali Dam Upper Kolab Dam |
Mahanadi River
Indravati River Kapur River Sankha River Muran River Podagada River Brahmni River Kolab River |
| Rajasthan | Bisalpur Dam
Jawahar Sagar Dam Jawai Dam Mahai Bajaj Sagar Dam Rana Pratap Sagar Dam |
Banas River
Chambal River Jawai River Mahi River Chambal River |
| Tamil Nadu | Aliyar Dam
Amaravathi Dam Bhavani Sagar Dam Mettur Dam Sholaiyar Dam Vaigai Dam |
Aliyar River
Amaravathi River Bhavani River Cauveri River Sholaiyar River Vaigai River |
| Telangana | Manair Dam
Nizam sagar Dam Ramagundam Dam Singur Dam Somasila dam Srisailam Dam Sriram Sagar Dam |
Manair River
Manjira River Godavari River Manjira River Pennar River Krishna River Godavari River |
| Uttar Pradesh | Dhanraul Dam
Matatila Dam Parichha Dam Rajghat Dam Rihand Dam Ganges Barrage |
Ghaghar River
Betwa River Betwa River Betwa River Rihand River Ganges River |
| West Bengal | Durgapur Barrage
Farakka Barrage Kangasabati Dam Panchet Dam |
Damodar River
Ganges River Kangasabati,Kumari Damodar River |
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