Place

Bhainkanaka Dam

Earthen dam · RA204LH0339

Bhainkanaka Dam is an earthen dam on the - in Dungarpur district, Rajasthan, completed in 1976; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 15.3 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 381 m, with a gross storage capacity of 4.02 million cubic metres (register identifier RA204LH0339).

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Ranked on: 3 lists

Bhainkanaka Dam is at 23.4573° N, 73.8719° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Location

Dungarpur district
- National Register of Specified Dams 2025cwc.gov.in
  “National Register of Specified Dams is a compilation of the specified dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government / Authority concerned.”

Measurements

Height above lowest foundation level · 15.3 m
Crest length · 381 m
Gross storage capacity · 4.02 MCM
Live storage capacity · 3.93 MCM
Spillway capacity · 100 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”

Appears on

Also on Dams of Dungarpur District

Bhainkanaka Dam is no. 4 of 14 on this list.