Inland Fisheries

2.1.3 Riverine fishery resources

The following table provides the details of major rivers of India, their length and distribution over states.

Length of major rivers of India

S.No.	River	Total length (km)	Distribution over states	Length (km)
1.	Ganga	2525	(a) Uttar Pradesh	1450
			(b) Bihar	445
			(c) West Bengal	520
			(d) Boundary of Bihar and U.P	110
2.	Brahmaputra	916	(a) Arunachal Pradesh	218
			(b) Assam	698
3.	Indus	1114	Jammu & Kashmir	1114
4.	Brahmani	799	(a) Orissa	541
			(b) Bihar	258
5.	Krishna	1401	(a) Maharashtra	640
			(b) Andhra Pradesh	386
			(c) Karnataka	375
6.	Mahanadi	851	(a) Madhya Pradesh	357
			(b) Orissa	494
7.	Sabarmathi	371	(c) Rajasthan	48
			(d) Gujarat	323
8.	Narmadha	1312	(a) Madhya Pradesh	1079
			(b) Gujarat	159
			(c) Boundary of M.P and Gujarat	39
			(d) Boundary of M.P and Maharashtra	35
9.	Mahi	583	(a) Madhya Pradesh	167
			(b) Rajasthan	174
			(c) Gujarat	242
10.	Tapti	724	(a) Madhya Pradesh	228
			(b) Maharashtra	228
			(c) Gujarat	214
			(d ) Boundary of M.P and Maharashtra	54
11.	Godavari	1465	(a ) Andhra Pradesh	771
			(b ) Maharashtra	694
12.	Pennar	597	(a) Karnataka	61
			(b) Andhra Pradesh	536
13.	Cauveri	800	(a ) Karnataka	320
			(b) Tamilnadu	416
			(c) Boundary of Karnataka and Tamilnadu	64
14.	Subarnarekha	395	(a) Jharkhand *	269
			(b) West Bengal	64
			(c ) Orissa	62

*www.dowrorissa.gov.in (earlier, in place of Jharkhand, Bihar was mentioned. 

Source: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, 2001

Much of the Ganga flows through Uttar Pradesh, Bahmaputra through Assam, Indus through Jammu and Kashmir, Brahmini through Orissa, Krishna through Maharastra, Mahanadi through Orissa, Sabarmati through Gujarat, Narmada through Madhya Pradesh, Mahi through Gujarat, Tapti evenly through Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat, Godavari through Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, Pennar through Andhra Pradesh, Cauveri through Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and Subanarekha predominantly through Jharkhand.