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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Arwar Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0038

Arwar Dam is an earthen dam on the Mansi in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1957; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 18.28 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 3,793 m, with a gross storage capacity of 47.9 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0038).

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Arwar Dam is at 25.8142° N, 74.8075° E, per the register's coordinates.
Arwar Dam is at 25.8142° N, 74.8075° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 18.28 m

  • Crest length · 3793 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 47.9 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 47.77 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 2761 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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Arwar Dam is no. 2 of 30 on this list.