Statewise list of rivers in India

13th July, 2022 Prelims

List of Rivers in Andhra Pradesh

Sr. No.	Name	Origin	Length	Dam	Connecting State	Connecting City
1	Godavari River	Brahmagiri Mountain	1,465 km	Jayakwadi Dam	Maharashtra Telangana Chhattisgarh Andhra Pradesh Pondicherry	Nashik Nanded Ramagundam Mancherial Bhadrachalam Rajamundry
2	Krishna River	Mahabaleshwar	1,400 km	Pulichinthala Dam Narayanpur Dam	Maharashtra Karnataka Telangana Andhra Pradesh	Mahabaleswar Hamsaladeevi
3	Penna River	Nandi Hills	597 km	Srisailam Dam	Andhra Pradesh Karnataka	Nellore
4	Tungabhadra River	Bhadra River	531 km	Tungabhadra Dam	Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Telangana	Hampi Hospet Kurnool
5	Nagavali River	Lakhbahal	256.5 km		Andhra Pradesh	Kalahandi Srikakulam Vizianagaram
6	Sabari River	Sinkaram hill ranges	418 km		Andhra Pradesh	Kunavaram
7	Kundu River	Penna River				Kurnool
8	Champavathi River	Eastern Ghats				Gajapathinagaram Nellimarla Saripalli Denkada Palem
9	Gosthani River	Ananthagiri Hills	120 km
10	Munneru	Mahabubabad Warangal			Telangana	Khammam Krishna

List of Rivers in Assam

Sr. No.	Name	Origin	Length	Dam	Connecting State	Connecting City
1	Brahmaputra River	Himalayas	2,900 km	Zangmu Dam	Arunachal Pradesh	Guwahati Dibrugarh Tezpur
2	Barak River	Mukru River	900 km		Manipur Mizoram	Silchar Lakhipur
3	Dhansiri River	Laisang peak	352 km		Nagaland	Golaghat Dimapur
4	Manas River	Himalayan Range	376 km			Jogighopa
5	Dihing River	Patkai Hills	380 km		Arunachal Pradesh	Ledo Digboi Duliajan Naharkatia Tinsukia
6	Lohit River	Kangri Garpo range	200 km		Arunachal Pradesh	Kibitho
7	Kopili River	Meghalaya plateau	290 km	Khandong Dam Umrongso Dam	Meghalaya	Kamrup Karbi Anglong Dima Hasao Nagaon
8	Kameng River	Himalayan mountains	264 km		Arunachal Pradesh	Tezpur Sonitpur West Kameng
9	Bhogdoi River	Naga hills				Jorhat
10	Surma River	Manipur Hills	900 km

List of Rivers in Bihar

Sr. No.	Name	Origin	Length	Dam	Connecting State	Connecting City
1	Ganga	Gangotri Glacier	2,525 km	Tehri Dam Bansagar Dam	Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh West Bengal	Varanasi Haridwar Kolkata Allahabad Patna Kanpur Ghazipur
2	Koshi River	Sun Kosi	729 km	Sapta Koshi High Dam		Supaul Saharsa Kursela
3	Ghaghara	Himalayas	1,080 km	Chisapani Dam West Seti Dam	Uttar Pradesh	Lakhimpur Sitapur Fatehpur Faizabad Chhapra
4	Burhi Gandak River	Chautarwa Chaur	320 km		Uttar Pradesh	West Champaran Gopalganj Saran Vaishali Begusarai
5	Kamala River	Sindhuliagadhi Sindhuli	328 km			Madhubani Darbhanga
6	Punpun River	Palamu	200 km		Jharkhand	Obra Fatuha Palamu Chatra Aurangabad Gaya Patna
7	Karmanasa River	Kaimur	192 km	Nuagarh Dam	Uttar Pradesh	Kaimur Sonbhadra Chandauli Varanasi Ghazipur Buxar
8	Phalgu	Bodh Gaya				Gaya
9	Kankai River	Mahabharat Range	34 km			Kishanganj
10	Mechi River	Mahabharat Range	80 km	High Dam Kosi High Dam	West Bengal	Kishanganj Naxalbari
11	Kiul River	Tisri Hill Range	111 km		Jharkhand	Giridih Jamui Lakhisarai Kiul

Rivers in Gujarat

Sr. No.	Name	Origin	Length	Dam	Connecting State	Connecting City
1	Narmada River	Narmada Kund Amarkantak Plateau	1,315 km	Sardar Sarovar Dam Indirasagar Dam	Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra	Jabalpur Vadodara Dindori Bharuch Anuppur Agra
2	Sabarmati River	Dhebar lake, Rajasthan	371 km	Dharoi Dam	Rajasthan	Ahmedabad Udaipur Sirohi Pali Dungarpur
3	Mahi River	Madhya pradesh, Vindhyas	580 km	Banswara Dam Kadana Dam Wanakbori Dam	Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan	Wanakbori Kadana Banswara Mahisagar
4	Tapti River	Betul	724 km		Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra	Surat Burhanpur Nashik Bhusawal Jalgaon Khandwa Amravati Betul Songadh Malegaon
5	Daman Ganga River	Western Ghats	131.30 km		Maharashtra	Daman Dadra Silvassa Vapi
6	Shetrunji River	Gir Forest	227 km	Palitana Dam		Dhari Sultanpur Palitana
7	Ozat River	Visavadar	125 km			Visavadar
8	Purna River	Pokhrani Village Satpura Range	180 km		Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra	Betul Amravati Akola Buldhana Jalgaon
9	Banas	Aravalli Hills	266 km			Kumbhalgarh Mewar Chambal
10	Aji River	Sardhara ridge	102 km			Rajkot

List of Rivers in Jharkhand

Sr No.	Name	Origin	Length	Dam	Connecting City
1	Damodar River	Latehar, Chota Nagpur Plateau	592 k	Panchet Dam Konar Dam	Bokaro Asansol Raniganj Durgapur Bardhaman
2	Barakar River	Padma, Hazaribagh	225 km	Tilaiya Dam	Kodarma
3	Baitarani River	Guptaganga Hills	360 km
4	Son River		784 km		Sidhi Dehri Patna
5	Subarnarekha River	Piska Ranchi	395 km	Getalsud Dam Chandil Dam	Chandil Jamshedpur Ghatshila Gopiballavpur
6	Koel River	Chota Nagpur Plateau			Manoharpur
7	Ganga River	Gangotri Glacier	2,525 km		Sahibganj
8	Mayurakshi River	Deoghar Trikut hill	250 km	Massanjore Dam Tilpara Barrage	Dumka Suri Sainthia

List of Rivers in Karnataka

Sr. No.	Name	Origin	Length	Dam	Connecting State	Connecting City
1	Payaswini	Koinadu	105 km		Kerala	Kasaragod Koinadu Sullia
2	Bhima River	Bhimashankar	861 km	Kalmodi Dam	Maharashtra Telangana	Solapur Bijapur Gulbarga Daund Havali Shirur
3	Tunga River	Gangamoola	147 km			Koodli Shimoga City Gajanur
4	Krishna River	Mahabaleswar Jor village	1,300 km	Dhom Dam Srisailam Dam Nagarjuna Sagar Dam	Maharashtra Telangana Andhra Pradesh	Wai Koduru Vijayawada Satara Kashil
5	Tungabhadra River	Koodli	531 km	Tungabhadra Dam	Andhra Pradesh Telangana	Hampi Hospet Kurnool Mantralayam Alampur Chitradurga Bellary Koppal Raichur
6	Kaveri	Talakaveri Kodagu	765 km		Tamil Nadu	Talakadu Kushalnagar Mayiladuthurai Kumbakonam Srirangam Srirangapatna Thanjavur Trichy
7	Sharavati	Ambutheertha	128 km	Linganamakki dam Gerusoppa dam		Sagara Honnavar Thirthahalli Hosanagara
8	Netravati River	Bangrabalige valley	103 Km			Uppinangadi Bantwal
9	Kabini River	Wayanad	240 km	Kabini dam		Mananthavady Kuttiady Payyampally Korome Valad
10	Arkavati	Nandi Hills	193 km	Manchanabele dam		Chikkaballapura Kanakapura
11	Kali River	Kushavali	184 km	Supa Dam		Diggi Karwar
12	Malaprabha River	Kanakumbi	304 km	Malaprabha Dam Navilatirtha Dam		Munavalli Kanakumbi Jamboti
13	Ghataprabha River	Krishna River	283 km		Maharashtra	Almatti Chaukul Kolhapur
14	Varahi River	Western Ghats		Mani Dam		Siddapura Yadur Kundapura

List of Rivers in Kerala

Sr. No.	Name	Origin	Length	Dam	Connecting State	Connecting City
1	Periyar	Sivagiri Hills Sundaramala	244 km	Mullaperiyar Dam Idukki Dam	Tamil Nadu	Aluva Neriamangalam Kalady Malayattoor
2	Bharathappuzha	Anamalai Hills Tamil Nadu	209 km	Malampuzha Dam Walayar Dam	Tamil Nadu
3	Pamba River	Pulachimalai	176 km			Pathanamthitta Alappuzha
4	Chaliyar	Western Ghats	169 km		Tamil Nadu	Nilambur Edavanna Areekode Kizhuparamba Cheekode Vazhakkad Cheruvadi Mavoor Peruvayal Aakode Feroke Beypore
5	Chalakudy River	Anamalai Hills	145.5 km	Thumboormoozhy Dam	Tamil Nadu	Chalakudy
6	Achankovil	Pasukidamettu Rishimalai	128 km			Pathanamthitta Chengannur Adoor Mavelikara Konni
7	Kallada River	Kulathupuzha hills	121 km			Punalur Pathanapuram Kunnathur Kallada
8	Manimala River	Muthavara hills	91.73 km			Kottayam Pathanamthitta Alappuzha
9	Payaswini River	Koinadu	105 km		Karnataka	Kodagu Dakshina Kannada Kasaragod
10	Kadalundi River	Cherakomban Mala	130 km			Malappuram
11	Kabini River	Panamaram Wayanad	240 km	Kabini dam	Karnataka
12	Valapattanam River		110 km			Kannur Valapattam
13	Perumba River	Pinkunnu Hills	51 km
14	Neyyar	Western Ghats	56 km			Thiruvananthapuram
15	Meenachil River	Western ghats	78 km	Idukki Dam		Poonjar Teekoy Erattupetta Palai Ettumanoor Kottayam
16	Vamanapuram River	Chemunjimotta hills	88 km			Thiruvananthapuram Kollam
17	Mahe River	Western Ghats	54 km
18	Korapuzha		40 km			Kozhikode
19	Pambar River		31 km	Anaimudi Hills
20	Kurumali River	Pumalai Hills				Thrissur

List of Rivers in Madhya Pradesh

Sr. No.	Name	Origin	Length	Dam	Connecting State	Connecting City
1	Narmada River	Amarkantak	1,312 km	Navagam Dam	Maharashtra Gujarat	Jabalpur Vadodara
2	Chambal River	Singar Chouri	960 km	Gandhisagar Dam Jawahar Sagar Dam	Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh	Kota
3	Shipra River	Vindhya Range	195 km			Ujjain Ratlam Dhar Mandsaur
4	Sindh River	Malwa Plateau	470 km	Manikheda Dam	Uttar Pradesh	Guna Ashoknagar Shivpuri Datia Gwalior Bhind
5	Wardha River	Multai	528 km	Wardha Dam
6	Son River	Yamuna	784 km	Indrapuri Barrage Bansagar Dam	Uttar Pradesh Jharkhand Bihar	Sidhi Dehri Patna
7	Ken River	Ahirgawan	427 km	Gangau Dam	Uttar Pradesh
8	Tawa River	Satpura Range	172 km	Tawa Dam
9	Betwa River	Vindhya Range		Rajghat Dam Matatila Dam Parichha Dam	Uttar Pradesh	Vidisha Sanchi Orcha
10	Mahi River	Vindhya Range,		Banswara Dam Kadana Dam	Rajasthan Gujarat
11	Kwari River	Devpura village				Morena Bhind
12	Rihand River	Matiranga hills	160 km	Rihand Dam	Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh
13	Kulbehra River	Satpura Range	80 km	Kanhargaon Dam		Chhindwara

List of Rivers in Rajasthan

Sr. No.	Name	Origin	Length	Dam	Connecting State	Connecting City
1	Banas River	Aravalli ranges	512 Km		Uttar Pradesh	Kumbhalgarh Mewar
2	Chambal River	Janapav Hills Vindhyachal Ranges	960 km	Gandhi Sagar dam Rana Pratap Sagar dam Jawahar Sagar Dam	Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh	Kota
3	Ghaggar-Hakra River	Shivalik Hills			Punjab Haryana
4	Sabarmati River	Dhebar lake, Rajasthan	371 km	Dharoi dam	Gujarat	Ahmedabad
5	Sahibi River	Manoharpur	222 km		Rajasthan Haryana Delhi	Sikar Jaipur Alwar
6	Luni River	Pushkar	495 km		Gujarat
7	Mahi River	Madhya pradesh, Vindhyas Mouth Gulf of Khambhat	580 km	Banswara Dam Kadana Dam Wanakbori dam	Gujarat
8	Kali Sindh River	Bagli	145 km		Madhya Pradesh	Indore Kota
9	Gomati River	Khodiyo Ka Khera
10	Kothari River	Aravalli hills				Raipur Mandal Bhilwara Kotri

List of Rivers in Tamil Nadu

Sr. No.	Name	Origin	Length	Dam	Connecting State	Connecting City
1	Kaveri River	Talakaveri	765 km	Krishna Raja Sagara Dam Mettur Dam	Karnataka	Kushalnagar Srirangapatna Erode Karur Tiruchirappalli
2	Palar River	Nandi Hills	348 km			Chikkaballapur Bethamangala
3	Thamirabarani River	Agastya Mala	125 km	Kodaimelaalagain Dam Kannadian Dam		Tirunelveli Thoothukudi Punnakayal
4	Vaigai River	Varusanadu Hills	258 km	Vaigai Dam Periyar Dam		Madurai
5	Bhavani River	Nilgiri mountains	215 km	Kodiveri Dam Bhavanisagar Dam		Udagamandalam Mettupalayam Sathyamangalam Gobichettipalayam Bhavani
6	Amaravati River	Chinnar River	282 km	Amaravathi Dam		Karur Tirupur
7	Bharathappuzha River	Anamalai Hills	209 km	Malampuzha Dam Walayar Dam Mangalam Dam	Kerala	Palakkad Thrissur Malappuram
8	Noyyal River	Western Ghats	180 km			Coimbatore Tirupur
9	Ponnaiyar River	Nandi Hills	500 km		Karnataka	Kolar Hoskote Kadugodi Whitefield Bagalur Hosur Krishnagiri
10	Thirumanimutharu River	Shevaroy Mountain	120 km			Salem Namakkal

List of Rivers in Uttar Pradesh

Sr. No.	Name	Origin	Length	Dam	Connecting State	Connecting City
1	Babai River	Dang Valley	400 km			Bahraich
2	Betwa River	Vindhya Range		Rajghat Dam Parichha Dam Matatila Dam	Madhya Pradesh	Vidisha Hamirpur
3	Chambal River	Janapav Hills Vindhyachal Ranges	960 km	Rana Pratap Sagar Dam Gandhi Sagar Dam Jawahar Sagar Dam	Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan	Kota Sahon
4	Ganga	Gangotri Glacier	2,525 km		Uttarakhand Bihar Jharkhand West Bengal	Varanasi Haridwar Kolkata Allahabad Patna Kanpur Ghazipur Sahebganj
5	Ghaghara	Mapchachungo Glacier Tibet	1,080 km			Ballia Chapra
6	Gomti River	Gomat Taal	900 km			Lucknow Jaunpur Sultanpur
7	Hindon River	Upper Shivaliks Saharanpur	400 km			Muzaffarnagar Meerut Ghaziabad Noida Delhi
8	Karmanasa River	Sarodag, Kaimur	192 km	Nuagarh Dam Latif Shah Bund Dam	Bihar	Kaimur Buxar Sonbhadra Chandauli Varanasi Ghazipur
9	Ken River	Ahirgawan Kaimur Range, Jabalpur	427 km		Madhya Pradesh	Jabalpur
10	Sharda River	Kalapani, Uttarakhand	350 km	Pancheshwar Dam	Uttarakhand	Kumaon Pithoragarh Udham Singh Nagar Lakhimpur Kheri
11	Sarayu	Himalayas	350 km		Uttarakhand	Bahraich Ayodhya
12	Sindh River	Malwa Plateau	470 km	Manikheda Dam	Madhya Pradesh	Vidisha Guna Ashoknagar Shivpuri Datia Gwalior Bhind Jalaun
13	Son River	Amarkantak	784 km	Bansagar Dam Indrapuri Barrage	Madhya Pradesh Jharkhand Bihar	Sidhi Dehri Patna
14	Tamsa River	Tamakund	264 km		Madhya Pradesh	Maihar Sirsa
15	Yamuna	Yamunotri	1,376 km	Tajewala Barrage Dam Somb river Dam	Uttarakhand Himachal Pradesh Haryana Delhi	Agra Allahabad Mathura Yamunanagar Noida Delhi Etawah Kalpi Firozabad Baghpat Hamirpur

Major Rivers of Uttarakhand

Sr. No.	Name	Origin	Length	Dam	Connecting State	Connecting City
1	Yamuna	Yamunotri	1,376 km	Gandhi Sagar Dam Rana Pratap Sagar Dam	Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Haryana Delhi	Agra Allahabad Mathura Yamunanagar Noida Delhi Etawah Kalpi Firozabad Baghpat Hamirpur
2	Alaknanda River		190 km	Devsari Dam Padli Dam		Devprayag
3	Bhagirathi River	Gangotri Glacier	205 km	Karmoli Dam Jadhganga Dam Bhaironghati I Dam		Gangotri Devprayag Uttarkashi Tehri
4	Sharda River	Himalayas	350 km	Pancheshwar Dam	Uttar Pradesh
5	Sarayu	Karnali	350 km		Uttar Pradesh	Bahraich
6	Gaula River	Sattal	500 km			Haldwani
7	Bhilangna River		50 km
8	Tons River	Bandarpunch			Himachal Pradesh	Garhwal
9	Mandakini River	Chorabari Glacier
10	Song River	Mussoorie ridge				Dhanaulti Narendra Nagar

List of Rivers in West Bengal

Sr. No.	Name	Origin	Length	Dam	Connecting State	Connecting City
1	Ganga	Gangotri Glacier	2,525 km	Bansagar Dam Tehri Dam	Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Bihar Jharkhand West Bengal	Varanasi Haridwar Kolkata Allahabad Patna Kanpur Ghazipur
2	Hooghly River	Ganges	260 km		West Bengal	Hooghly
3	Damodar River	Chota Nagpur Plateau	592 km	Tenughat Dam Durgapur Barrage	Jharkhand West Bengal	Bokaro Asansol Raniganj Durgapur Bardhaman
4	Teesta River	Tso Lhamo Lake	309 km	Teesta -V Dam	Sikkim West Bengal	Siliguri Jalpaiguri Rangpo Sevoke
5	Mahananda River	Himalayas	360 km		West Bengal Bihar	Siliguri Ingraj Bazar
6	Subarnarekha River	Piska, Nagr Ranchi	395 km	Getalsud Dam Galudih Barrage	Jharkhand Odisha West Bengal	Chandil Jamshedpur Ghatshila Gopiballavpur
7	Ajay River	Munger	288 km		Bihar Jharkhand West Bengal	Chittaranjan Churulia
8	Churni River		56 km			Nadia
9	Haldi River		24 km			Purba Medinipur
10	Kangsabati River	Murguma, Purulia	465.23 k	Mukutmanipur Dam,		Purulia Bankura Midnapore
11	Punarbhaba River	Dhepa River	160 km
12	Padma River	Himalayas	120 km
13	Atrai River	Jorapani river	390 km
14	Raidak River		370 km
15	Jamuna River	Chemayung-Dung glacier	205 km