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Bakhtod Dam

Earthen dam · RA204LH0337

Bakhtod Dam is an earthen dam on the Erau in Pratapgarh district, Rajasthan, completed in 2004; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 17.3 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 425 m, with a gross storage capacity of 1.44 million cubic metres (register identifier RA204LH0337).

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Bakhtod Dam is at 23.7508° N, 74.6386° E, per the register's coordinates.
Bakhtod Dam is at 23.7508° N, 74.6386° 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 · 17.3 m

  • Crest length · 425 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 1.44 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 1.35 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 119 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 Pratapgarh District

Bakhtod Dam is no. 3 of 17 on this list.