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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Bhanwar Pipla Dam

Earthen dam · RA211LH0333

Bhanwar Pipla Dam is an earthen dam on the Local Nala in Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan, completed in 2007; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 13.25 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 540 m, with a gross storage capacity of 1.68 million cubic metres (register identifier RA211LH0333).

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Bhanwar Pipla Dam is at 24.8919° N, 75.0569° E, per the register's coordinates.
Bhanwar Pipla Dam is at 24.8919° N, 75.0569° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 13.25 m

  • Crest length · 540 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 1.68 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 1.55 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 266.45 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”

Location

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Also on Dams of Chittorgarh District

Bhanwar Pipla Dam is no. 5 of 25 on this list.