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Bankali Dam

Earthen dam · RA11LH0178

Bankali Dam is an earthen dam on the Sukri in Jalor district, Rajasthan, completed in 1904; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 12 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 659.85 m, with a gross storage capacity of 34.54 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11LH0178).

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Bankali Dam is at 25.7031° N, 72.8800° E, per the register's coordinates.
Bankali Dam is at 25.7031° N, 72.8800° 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 · 12 m

  • Crest length · 659.85 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 34.54 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 34.52 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 4197 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

River

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Also on Dams of Jalor District

Bankali Dam is no. 2 of 3 on this list.