List of Water Heritage Sites in India

The Ministry of Jal Shakti of the Government of India has declared 75 sites in India as the Water Heritage Sites. These sites are more than hundred years old and of historical importance.

History On occasion of 75 years of the Independence of India, the Ministry of Jal Shakti constituted a committee to identify the heritage water sites. Total 421 nominations were received from the states, union territories, central government agencies and people. Total 75 sites were selected and presented on its website on 5 January 2023 during the 1st All India State Ministers Conference on Water at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

List of Water Heritage Sites in India Sr No Heritage Name State District Type Year 1 Panighat Aqueduct Andaman and Nicobar South Andamans Dam Built during British period 2 K. C. Canal Aqueduct across Handri River Andhra Pradesh Kurnool Others 19th century 3 Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage (Dowleshwaram Anicut) Andhra Pradesh East Godavari Dam 1852 4 Porumamilla Tank (Anantharaja Sagaram) Andhra Pradesh Kadapa Tank 1369 5 Cumbum Tank Andhra Pradesh Prakasam Tank 1522-1524 6 Bor Pukhuri or Sivasagar Tank Assam Sivasagar Tank 1734 7 Jaysagar Pukhuri Assam Sivasagar Tank 1697 8 Gaurisagar Pukhuri Assam Sivasagar Tank 1714-1744 9 Lakshimpur Pukhuri Assam Darrang Tank 17th Century 10 Sher Shah Suri Pond Bihar Rohtas Artificial lake 1538 11 Agam Kuan (Dugwell) Bihar Patna Well 273 BC 12 Sita Bari (Dug Well) Chhattisgarh Gariaband Well 2nd century BC 13 Agrasen Ki Baoli Delhi New Delhi Stepwell 14th Century 14 Sudarshan Talav Gujarat Junagadh Artificial lake circa 150 15 Rani ki Vav Gujarat Patan Stepwell 11th-century 16 Lothal Docks Gujarat Ahmadabad Others circa 2000 BC 17 Hamirsar Lake Gujarat Kutch Artificial lake Between 1548 and 1585 18 Ahmedabad System of Lakes Gujarat Ahmedabad Artificial lake 1451 19 Bhagsu Nag Temple Waterbody Himachal Pradesh Kangra Tank circa 1850 20 Surajkund Haryana Faridabad Stepwell 10th century 21 Western Yamuna Canal Haryana Yamunanagar Others 1335, 1640, 1817 22 Solah Rahi Haryana Rewari Tank 1650 23 Topchanchi Lake Jharkhand Dhanbad Artificial lake 1915-1924 24 Ancient Temple Laduv / Ladhoo (Sanyasar Nag) Jammu and Kashmir Pulwama Others 8th century 25 Stepwell At Durga Temple Complex Aihole Karnataka Bagalkot Stepwell 6th–12th century 26 The Cascading Tank Ecosystem Of Karnataka: Cholanakunte / Suddakunte Karnataka Kolar Tank 1150 27 New Madaga Tank Karnataka Chikkamagaluru Tank 500 years old, built during Vijayanagara dynasty 28 Vijayanagar Canal System Karnataka Ballari Dam 1600 29 First Piped Water Supply System For Bengaluru Hesaraghatta Lake, Syphon, Brick Aqueduct And Pumping Stations Karnataka Bengaluru Urban Tank 1894 30 Kerala Waterways Kerala Ernakulam Others 19th century onwards 31 Peralassery Subramania Temple Kerala Kannur Stepwell 32 Karzu Zing (Pond) Ladakh Leh Artificial lake 1909 33 Raigad Fort Maharashtra Raigad Tank 1030 and additions in 17th Century 34 Dhamapur Lake Maharashtra Sindhudurg Artificial lake 1530 35 Baramotichi Vihir Maharashtra Satara Stepwell 1646 36 Nehers Of Aurangabad - Neher-e-ambari and Neher-e-panchakki Maharashtra Aurangabad Others Neher-e-Ambari - 1612, Neher-e-Panchakki - 1695 37 Bamboo Drip Irrigation Meghalaya West Jaintia Hills Water system Not Available (a century old) 38 Kangla Moats Manipur Imphal West Others 1652-1666 39 Tank System of Bundelkhand Madhya Pradesh Chhattarpur, Mahoba, Panna Tank Since early medieval period 40 Mandu (Malwa Plateau) System Of Water Collection in over 1200 tanks supporting the city Madhya Pradesh Dhar Tank 15th century 41 Khooni Bhandara Madhya Pradesh Burhanpur Tank 1615 42 Chandeva Ki Bawadi Madhya Pradesh Datia Stepwell 1618 43 Mahal Gulara Madhya Pradesh Burhanpur Dam 1627-1658 44 Upper Lake Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Artificial lake 1005–1055 45 Saptui Water Point Mizoram Lunglei Water system 1903 46 Rushikulya Irrigation System Including Russelkonda Reservoir, Sorada Reservoir, Janivilli Anicut & Madhabarida Anicut (Ghumusar Anicut) Odisha Ganjam Water system R.R: 1894, S.R: 1896, J.A: 1891 and M.A: 1891 47 Baitarani Irrigation Project Odisha Jajpur / Bhadrak Water system From 1871 to 1878 48 Aam Khas Bagh (Daulat Khana-i-khas) Punjab Fatehgarh Sahib Water system 1634 49 Bahour Irrgigation Tank Pondicherry Puducherry Tank 10th Century 50 Ajmer Lake/ Ana Sagar Lake Rajasthan Ajmer Artificial lake 1135-1150 51 Rajsamand Lake and Dam Rajasthan Rajsamand Artificial lake 1676 52 Udaipur Lake System Rajasthan Udaipur Artificial lake 1382-1887 53 Toorji Ki Bawari Rajasthan Jodhpur Stepwell 1740 54 Chand Baori Rajasthan Dausa Stepwell 9th century 55 Gadisar Lake System Rajasthan Jaisalmer Artificial lake 1367 56 Kaylana Lake and Takhat Sagar Lake Rajasthan Jodhpur Artificial lake 1872 57 Lower Anicut Tamil Nadu Thanjavur Dam 1827-1836 58 Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam Tamil Nadu Madurai Tank 1635 59 Buckingham Canal (Kommamur Canal) Tamil Nadu Chennai Others 1806/1837/1877-78 60 Grand Anicut on the Kaveri Tamil Nadu Thanjavur Dam 100 BC-100 (2000 years old) 61 Noyyal River System Tanks Tamil Nadu Coimbatore Tank Unknown 62 Veeranam Tank Tamil Nadu Cuddalore Tank 9th century 63 Kalingarayan Anicut Tamil Nadu Erode Dam 740 years old 64 Kamalasagar Dighi with Temple Tripura Sipahijala Artificial lake 14th century 65 Hussain Sagar Lake (Tank Bund) Telangana Hyderabad Artificial lake 1563 66 Sadarmatt Anicut Telangana Nirmal Water system 1891-92 67 Golconda Fort Water systems Telangana Hyderabad Tank 11th century onwards 68 Kakatiya Interconnected Tank System Telangana Hyderabad Tank 69 Solani Aqueduct Uttarakhand Haridwar Others 1846-1856 70 Naula or Covered Spring Attached To Temples Uttarakhand Pithoragarh Water system circa 10th century 71 Shukla Talab Uttar Pradesh Kanpur Dehat Artificial lake 1578 72 Barua Sagar Uttar Pradesh Jhansi Artificial lake 1694 73 Nadrai Pul Uttar Pradesh Kasganj Others 1889 74 Sringaverapura Uttar Pradesh Prayagraj Tank 1st century BCE 75 Midnapore Anicut West Bengal Paschim Medinipur Dam 1871

List of Water Heritage Sites in India

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