Rajasthan Canal
The Indira Gandhi Canal with total length of 837 kilometres, is the longest canal in India which begins in Punjab state at the Harike Barrage, flows a short distance through northwest part of Haryana state, and ends in the Thar Desert near Gadra Road in western Rajasthan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in India
- Also known as: “Indira Gandhi Canal” and “Rājasthān Canal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harike Wetland.
Harike Wetland
Protected area
Photo: Journojp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harike Wetland, with the Harike Lake in the deeper part of it, east of the Harike village also known as "Hari-ke-Pattan", is a Ramsar site and the largest wetland in northern India on the border of Tarn Taran Sahib district and Ferozepur district of the Punjab state in India created by the manmade Harike Barrage headworks immediate downstream of the confluence of Beas and Sutlej rivers. Harike Wetland is situated 3 km north of Rajasthan Canal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Makhu and Harike.
Makhu
Town
Photo: Solomon5, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Makhu is a town and a nagar panchayat in Ferozepur district in Indian state of Punjab. Makhu is situated 3½ km south of Rajasthan Canal.
Harike
Village
Harike is a village in Patti Tehsil in Tarn Taran district of the Indian state of Punjab. It is located 33 km from Tarn Taran Sahib city. The PIN code of Wakro is 143412. Harike is situated 6 km northwest of Rajasthan Canal.
Mundi Chhurimaran
Village
Mundi Chhurimaran is a village in the Firozpur district of Punjab, India. It is located in the Zira tehsil. Mundi Chhurimaran is situated 9 km southeast of Rajasthan Canal.
Rajasthan Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: India, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Rajasthan Canal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Rajasthan Canal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قناة أنديرا غاندي”
- Arabic: “قناة راجستان”
- Cebuano: “Indira Gandhi Canal”
- Dutch: “Indira Gandhi Canal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة انديرا غاندى”
- French: “canal du Rajasthan”
- French: “canal Indira Gandhi”
- French: “Canal Indira Gandhi”
- German: “Indira-Gandhi-Kanal”
- Hindi: “इंदिरा गाँधी नहर”
- Hindi: “इंदिरा गांधी नहर”
- Hindi: “इंदिरा नहर”
- Hindi: “राजस्थान नहर”
- Italian: “Canale Indira Gandhi”
- Japanese: “インディラ・ガンディー運河”
- Kashmiri: “اِندرا گانٛدھی کۄل”
- Kashmiri: “اِندرا گانٛدھی کۆل”
- Kashmiri: “راجستھان کۆل”
- Malayalam: “ഇന്ദിരാഗാന്ധി കനാൽ”
- Nepali: “इन्दिरा गान्धी नहर”
- Panjabi: “ਇੰਦਰਾ ਗਾਂਧੀ ਨਹਿਰ”
- Polish: “Kanał Indiry Gandhi”
- Spanish: “Canal Indira Gandhi”
- Swedish: “Indira Gandhi Canal”
- Tamil: “இந்திராகாந்தி கால்வாய்”
- Telugu: “ఇందిరా గాంధీ కాలువ”
- Western Panjabi: “اندرا گاندھی نہر”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wariān and Dāiwāla.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kot Qāim Khān and Makhu railway station.
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