Dams with Rivers
Some Important Facts
- First dam of India Kallanai Dam (Grand Anicut) on river kaveri (Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu)
- Longest dam in the world Hirakund dam (Orissa)
- Longest dam in India Hirakund dam (Orissa)
- Highest dam in India Tehri dam (Uttarakhand)
- Highest straight gravity Dam in India Bhakra dam
LIST OF IMPORTANT DAMS IN INDIA
| State | Dam | River |
| Andhra Pradesh | Nagarjuna Sagar Dam | |
| Srisailam Dam | ||
| Polavaram Project | Godavari | |
| Somasila Dam | Penna | |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Ranganadi Dam | Ranganadi River |
| Bihar | Nagi Dam | Nagi |
| Kohira Dam | Kohira | |
| Chhattisgarh | Minimata(hasdeo) Dam | Hasdeo |
| Dudhwa Dam | Mahanadi | |
| Gujarat | Ukai Dam | Tapti |
| Kadna Dam | Mahi | |
| Sardar Sarovar Dam | Narmada | |
| Karjan Dam | Karjan | |
| Mitti Dam | Mitti | |
| Aji Dam | Aji | |
| Sipu | Sipu | |
| Himachal Pradesh | Pong Dam | Beas |
| Bhakra Dam | Satluj | |
| Kol Dam | Satluj | |
| Chamera Dam | Ravi | |
| Nathpa Jhakri Dam | Satluj | |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Baglihar Dam | Chenab |
| Salal Dam | Chenab | |
| Uri Dam | Jhelum | |
| Pakkal Dam | Marusudar | |
| Nimo Bazgo Dam | Indus | |
| Kishanganga Dam | Kishanganga | |
| Jharkhand | Panchet Dam | Damodar |
| Malthon Dam | Barakar | |
| Tenughat Dam | Damodar | |
| Konar | Konar | |
| North Koel | North koel | |
| Karnataka | Krishnarajasagar Dam | Cauvery |
| Basava Sagar Dam | Krishna | |
| Hemavathy Dam | Hemavathy | |
| Kabini Dam | Kabini | |
| Tungabhadra Dam | Tungabhadra | |
| Hidkal Dam | Ghataprabha | |
| Almatti Dam | Krishna | |
| Bhadra Dam | Bhadra | |
| Supa dam | Kalinadi | |
| Lakhya Dam | Lakhya hole | |
| Kerala | Cheruthoni Dam | Cheruthoni |
| Kakki Dam | Kakki | |
| Mullaperiyar Dam | Periyar | |
| Idukki Dam | Periyar | |
| Kulamavu Dam | Kilivillithode | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Ban Sagar Dam | Son |
| Gandhi Sagar Dam | Chambal | |
| Indira Sagar Dam | Narmada | |
| Omkareshwar Dam | Narmada | |
| Tawa Dam | Tawa | |
| Maharashtra | Bhatsa Dam | Bhatsa and Chorna |
| Koyna Dam | Koyna | |
| Warna Dam | Varna | |
| Ujjani Dam | Bhima | |
| Aruna Dam | Aruna | |
| Upper Wardha Dam | Wardha | |
| Odisha | Hirakund Dam | Mahanadi |
| Indravati Dam | Indravati | |
| Kapur Dam | Kapur | |
| Podagada Dam | Podagada | |
| Rengali Dam | Brahamani | |
| Upper kolab Dam | Kapur | |
| Haldia Dam | Haldia | |
| Lower Indra Dam | Indra | |
| Punjab | Ranjit Sagar Dam | Ravi |
| Rajasthan | Bisalpur Dam | Banas |
| Jawahar Sagar Dam | Chambal | |
| Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam | Mahi | |
| Rana Pratap Sagar Dam | Chambal | |
| Jaswant Sagar Dam | Luni | |
| Jakham Main Dam | Jakham (Mahi) | |
| Sikkim | Ranjeet III Dam | Ranjeet |
| Tamilnadu | Bhavani Dam | Bhavani |
| Mettur Dam | Kaveri | |
| Sholaiyar Dam | Sholaiyar | |
| Pillur Dam | Bhavani | |
| Telangana | Nagarjuna Sagar Dam | Krishna |
| Srisailam Dam | Krishna | |
| Nizam Dam | Manjira | |
| Singur Dam | Manjira | |
| Musi Dam | Musi | |
| Uttrakhand | Jamrani Dam | Gola |
| Lakhwar Dam | Yamuna | |
| Koteshwar Dam | Bhagirathi | |
| Ramganga Dam | Ramganga | |
| Tehri Dam | Bhagirathi | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Rihand Dam | Rihand |
| West Bengal | Kangsabati Kumari Dam | Kasai |
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