Tampara Lake is a 300-hectare fresh water lake situated on the right bank of the Rushikulya River, near Chhatarpur, the district headquarters of Ganjam district, Odisha, India. It is 23 km from the city of Brahmapur.The fresh water lake is connected to the Rushikulya River.

Koraput District, the heartland of the tribal community in Odisha, lies along the Eastern Ghats in the southern part of the State. It is bounded by Rayagada District of Odisha and Parvatipuram-Manyam District of Andhra Pradesh towards the north-east, by Nabarangpur District of Odisha and Bastar District of Chhattisgarh along the north-west and by Malkangiri District of Odisha and Alluri Sitarama Raju District of Andhra Pradesh towards the south.