Sl.No.

Type of water body

Nos.

Area (Ha)

1.

Private ponds

35,763

21,986

2.

Panchayat ponds

6,848

1,487

3.

Quarry ponds

879

34

4.

Holy ponds

2,689

480

5.

Village ponds and other water holds

185

496

6.

Irrigation tanks

852

2,835

7.

Public sector freshwater fish farms

13

85

8.

Freshwater lakes

13

85

9.

Rivers

44

85,000

10.

Check dams

80

259

11.

Bund/Barrier/Anicut/Shutter water holds

70

879

12.

Reservoirs

53

42,890

Sub Total

1,58,358

13.

Kole lands

17,000

14.

Kuttanad padasekharams

35,000

15.

Paddy fields in Palakkad

1,20,000

Total Area Estimated

3,30,358