List of Famous Beaches in India
Shakeel Anwar
Aug 27, 2018 12:59 IST
List of Famous Beaches in India
India has a coastline of 7516.6 km (Mainland: 5422.6 km; Island Territories: 2094 km). It is bounded by the Indian Ocean – in particular, by the Arabian Sea on the west, the Lakshadweep Sea to the southwest, the Bay of Bengal on the east, and the Indian Ocean proper to the South.
The Konkan/Malabar Coast of Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and Goa are located on Western Ghats. While on the eastern side, a wider area stretches between Bay of Bengal and Eastern Ghat, called as the Coromandel Coast. Indian States like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep facing Arabian Sea. West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Pudducherry and Andaman & Nicobar Island facing the Bay of Bengal.
Famous Beaches in India
| Name of Beach |
Location |
| Rishikonda Beach, Bheemunipatnam, Manginapudi Beach, Vodarevu Beach, Mypad Beach |
Andhra Pradesh |
| Colva Beach, Dona Paula, Miramar, Anjuna, Vagator Beach, Arambol Beach, Angoda Beach |
Goa |
| Porbandar Beach, Chorwad Beach, Beyt Dwarka, Somnath & Veraval Beach, Mandavi Beach, Gopnath Beach |
Gujarat |
| Devbagh Beach, Om Beach and the Kutle Beach, Parambur Beach, Ullal Beach, Murudeshwar, Malpe Beach, Maravanthe, Karwar Beach |
Karnataka |
| Lighthouse Beach, Rockholm Beach, Samudra Beach, Ashoka Beach, Kappad, Kovalam, Varkala, Thirumullavaram, Vypeen and Gundu Island, Cherai Beach, Alleppey Beach, Veli Beach, Bekal Beach, Shangumugham Beach, Kovalam Beach |
Kerala |
| Kavaratti, Minicoy, Kadamat, Bangaram |
Lakshadweep |
| Ganapatipule, Velneshwar, Marve, Manori & Gorai, Juhu, Chowpatty, Bassien, Alibag Murud Janjira, Dahanu, Mandwa, Kihim Beach, Shriwardhan, Harihareshwar, Vijaydurg and Sindhudurg, Vengurla, Malvan |
Maharashtra |
| Puri, Chandipur, Gopalpur-on-sea, Gahirmatha Beach, Paradeep, Bolighai Beach, Konark Beach |
Odisha |
| Corbyn's Cove, Beaches of Havelock Island, Beaches of Neil Island, Beaches of Chiriya Tapu, Wandoor |
Andaman & Nicobar island |
| Beaches of Puducherry |
Puducherry |
| Pulicat, Covelong, Marina Beach, Pichavaram, Kurusada Islands, Vattikotai, Sadurangapattinam Beach, Mandapam, Mahabalipuram |
Tamil Nadu |
| Digha Beach, Shankarpur Beach, Frazerganj, Ganga Sagar |
West Bengal |
| Devka (or Dwarka beach), Jaypore Beach |
Daman |
| Jallandhar Beach, Chakratith Beach, Nagoa Beach |
Diu |
The Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar separate India from Sri Lanka to its immediate southeast. India's territorial waters extend into the sea to a distance of 12 nautical miles (13.8 mi; 22.2 km) from the coast baseline.
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