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Important Dams in India

by Ayshath Thanseeha
February 18, 2020
in Articles, General Knowledge
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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

  1. Details of important dams in India
  2. 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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