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Bhopal Sagar Dam

Earthen dam · RA67LH0305

Bhopal Sagar Dam is an earthen dam on the Nekhadi in Rajsamand district, Rajasthan, completed in 1956; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 11.5 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 613.03 m, with a gross storage capacity of 2.73 million cubic metres (register identifier RA67LH0305).

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Bhopal Sagar Dam is at 25.7250° N, 74.1333° E, per the register's coordinates.
Bhopal Sagar Dam is at 25.7250° N, 74.1333° 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 · 11.5 m

  • Crest length · 613.03 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 2.73 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 2.66 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 755.01 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 Rajsamand District

Bhopal Sagar Dam is no. 5 of 12 on this list.