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Benthali Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0187

Benthali Dam is an earthen dam on the Benthali in Baran district, Rajasthan, completed in 1965; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 22.66 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 3,000 m, with a gross storage capacity of 37.28 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0187).

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Benthali Dam is at 24.6211° N, 76.9722° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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Height above lowest foundation level · 22.66 m
Crest length · 3000 m
Gross storage capacity · 37.28 MCM
Live storage capacity · 34.67 MCM
Spillway capacity · 1312 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”

Benthali Dam

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