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Aakar Sol Ka Naka Dam

Earthen dam · RA204LH0338

Aakar Sol Ka Naka Dam is an earthen dam on the Watrak in Dungarpur district, Rajasthan, completed in 1978; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 18.62 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 466.34 m, with a gross storage capacity of 4.61 million cubic metres (register identifier RA204LH0338).

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Aakar Sol Ka Naka Dam is at 23.6161° N, 73.6946° E, per the register's coordinates.
Aakar Sol Ka Naka Dam is at 23.6161° N, 73.6946° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 18.62 m

  • Crest length · 466.34 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 4.61 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 3.21 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 260.52 m³/s

Source for the figures above

  • National Register of Specified Dams 2025cwc.gov.in

    “"Specified Dam" means a dam constructed before or after the commencement of this Act, which is, — (i) above fifteen metres in height, measured from the lowest portion of the general foundation area to the top of dam”

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Also on Dams of Dungarpur District

Aakar Sol Ka Naka Dam is no. 1 of 14 on this list.