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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Bhagora Dam

Earthen dam · RA11LH0075

Bhagora Dam is an earthen dam on the Bhim Kund in Banswara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1967; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 13 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 1,143 m, with a gross storage capacity of 3.23 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11LH0075).

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Bhagora Dam is at 23.5906° N, 74.1983° E, per the register's coordinates.
Bhagora Dam is at 23.5906° N, 74.1983° 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 · 13 m

  • Live storage capacity · 2.87 MCM

  • Crest length · 1143 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 3.23 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 229.27 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 Banswara District

Bhagora Dam is no. 1 of 25 on this list.