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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Amar Chandiya Dam

Earthen dam · RA67VH0259

Amar Chandiya Dam is an earthen dam on the Banas in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, completed in 1753; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 20.49 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 173 m, with a gross storage capacity of 1.22 million cubic metres (register identifier RA67VH0259).

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Amar Chandiya Dam is at 24.8542° N, 73.5953° E, per the register's coordinates.
Amar Chandiya Dam is at 24.8542° N, 73.5953° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 20.49 m

  • Crest length · 173 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 1.22 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 0.81 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 104.97 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 Udaipur District

Amar Chandiya Dam is no. 3 of 52 on this list.