Lakes in Hyderabad
| Lakes of Hyderabad | |
|---|---|
Water bodies and lakes of Hyderabad | |
| Location | Hyderabad |
| Built | Late 1600's - Early 1700's |
| Surface area | ≈40 km2 (15 sq mi) |
| Water volume | ≈50 million m³ - 100million m³ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ (1.77 billion ft³ - ㅤㅤㅤ3.53 billion ft³) |
The Indian city of Hyderabad was known as City of Lakes. Some of these lakes are natural and various are man made bodies. As per various sources only a few decades back, Hyderabad had a large number of water bodies such as lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, aquaculture ponds, tanks, etc (as per some sources between 3000 and 7000 including natural and manmade bodies. Locally known as cheruvu, kunta, tanks ).
Most of these lakes and tanks were built during the regime of Qutub Shah in 16th and 17th century and later by Nizams as a source of drinking water for the residents of Hyderabad.
As of 2025, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority currently keeps record of 2959 lakes in the Hyderabad metropolitan area and 27 lakes in the city of hyderabad.