Dams Located in Punjab

Dam River Place (District)
Nangal Dam Sutlej River  Rupnagar
Damsal Dam Damsal River Hoshiarpur
Ranjit Sagar (Thein) Dam Ravi River Pathankot
Siswan Dam Siswan River Ropar

List of all Dams of India

Significance of Dams and location of Dams in various states are asked in every government exams like PSC, SSC, Banking, Railways, etc. we find many questions from the dams and reservoirs section. This section is a part of the general awareness paper. Here we are going to provide a complete list of dams and reservoirs with objective questions so that students can learn and get most of the questions correct in this section. In Part -1 we discuss some major dams in India and related frequently asked questions (FAQs).

 

“Dams are the temples of modern India” – Jawahar Lal Nehru.

Based on the physical features, India has great potential for the construction of dams. India has built around 4300 major dams and water reservoirs. Several projects are also in the work.

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State-wise Distribution of Dams

1. Dams Located in Andhra Pradesh...

1. Dams Located in Andhra Pradesh

Dam River Place (District) Kalyani Dam Swarnamukhi River Tirupati Kandaleru Dam Kandaleru River Nellore Srisailam Dam Krishna River Nagarkurnool Somasila Dam Penna River Nellore  Veligallu Dam Papagni River Kadapa Jalaput Dam Godavari river Visakhapatnam Polavaram dam Godavari river West Godavari Dist. Nagarjuna Sagar dam Krishna River Nalgonda Mylavaram dam Penna river Kadapa...

2. Dams Located in Arunachal Pradesh

Dam River Place (District) Subansiri Dam Subansiri River Lower Subansiri Dist. Dibang Dam (Under Construction) Dibang River Lower Dibang Valley Dist Ranganadi Dam Ranganadi River Yazali...

3. Dams Located in Bihar

Dam River Place (District) Chandan Dam Chandan River Banka Dist Durgawati Dam Durgawati River Kaimur Dist Nagi Dam Nagi River Jamui Dist...

4. Dams Located in Chhattisgarh

Dam River Place (District) Gangrel Dam  Mahanadi River Dhamtari Dist. Kutaghat Dam  Kharoon River Bilaspur Dist. Minimata (Hasdeo) Bango Dam  Hasdeo River Korba Dist.  Dudhawa Dam Mahanadi River Dhamtari Dist....

5. Dams Located in Gujarat

Dam River Place (District) Kamleshwar Dam Hiran River Junagadh Dis Sardar Sarovar Dam Narmada River  Narmada Valley Ukai Dam Tapti River Surat Dist....

6. Dams Located in Punjab

Dam River Place (District) Nangal Dam Sutlej River  Rupnagar Damsal Dam Damsal River Hoshiarpur Ranjit Sagar (Thein) Dam Ravi River Pathankot Siswan Dam Siswan River Ropar...

7. Dams Located in Himachal Pradesh

Dam River Place (District) Bhakra Dam Sutlej River Bilaspur Chamera Dam  Ravi River Chamba Maharana Pratap Sagar Dam Beas River Kangra Pandoh Dam  Beas River Mandi...

8. Dams Located in Jammu & Kashmir

Dam River Place (District) Baglihar Dam Chenab River Doda Chohal Dam Chohal Choe River Hoshiarpur Salal Dam Chenab River  Reasi Uri Dam Jhelum River Baramulla...

9. Dams Located in Jharkhand

Dam River Place (District) Konar Dam Konar River Hazaribagh Maithon Dam Barakar River Dhanbad Panchet Dam Damodar River Dhanbad Tenughat Dam Damodar River  Bokaro...

10. Dams Located in Karnataka

Dam River Place (District) Almatti Dam Krishna River Bijapur  Bhadra Dam Bhadra River Chikmagalur Linganamakki Dam Sharavathi River Shimoga Malaprabha Dam Malaprabha River Belgaum...

11. Dams Located in Kerala

Dam River Place (District) Idamalayar Dam  Edamalayar/Periyar River Ernakulam Idukki Arch Dam Periyar River  Idukki Mullaperiyar Dam Periyar River  Idukki Parambikulam Dam Parambikulam River Palakkad...

12. Dams Located in Madhya Pradesh

Dam River Place (District) Indira Sagar Dam Narmada River Mundi Madikheda Dam Sindh River Shivpuri Omkareshwar Dam Narmada River Khandwa Tawa Dam Tawa River Narmadapuram...

13. Dams Located in Maharashtra

Dam River Place (District) Isapur Dam Penganga River Nanded Jayakwadi(Paithan) Dam Godavari River Aurangabad Koyna Dam Koyna River Satara Totladoh Dam  Pench River Nagpur...

14. Dams Located in Odisha

Dam River Place (District) Hirakud Dam (Longest Dam in India) Mahanadi River Sambalpur Indravati Dam Indravati River Kalahandi Kapur Dam Kapur River Nabarangpur Mandira Dam Sankh River Sundargarh...

15. Dams Located in Rajasthan

Dam River Place (District) Jawahar Sagar Dam  Chambal River Chittorgarh  Jawai Dam Jawai River Pali Rana Pratap Sagar Dam  Chambal River Chittorgarh...

16. Dams Located in Tamil Nadu

Dam River Place (District) Aliyar Dam Aliyar River Coimbatore Amaravathi Dam Amaravathi River Tiruppur Bhavani Sagar Dam Bhavani River Erode Dist Mettur Dam Cauvery River Salem...

17. Dams Located in Telangana

Dam River Place (District) Nizam sagar Dam Manjira River Nizamabad Ramagundam Dam Godavari Rive Peddapalli Singur Dam Manjira River Medak...

18. Dams Located in Uttar Pradesh

Dam River Place (District) Matatila Dam Betwa River Lalitpur Parichha Dam Betwa River Jhansi Rajghat Dam Betwa River Lalitpur Rihand Dam Rihand River Sonbhadra...

19. Dams Located in Uttarakhand

Dam River Place (District) Tehri dam  Bhagirathi river New Tehri Lakhwar dam Yamuna River Dehradun Koteshwar dam Bhagirathi river New Tehri...

20. Dams Located in West Bengal

Dam River Place (District) Durgapur Barrage  Damodar River Burdwan  Mukutmanipur Dam Kangsabati, Kumari River  Bankura...

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