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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Merchants of the desert. Builders of a nation.

Place

Bhula Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0023

Bhula Dam is an earthen dam on the Chitriya Nala in Sirohi district, Rajasthan, completed in 1954; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 18 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 108.5 m, with a gross storage capacity of 5.38 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0023).

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Bhula Dam is at 24.5894° N, 72.9894° E, per the register's coordinates.
Bhula Dam is at 24.5894° N, 72.9894° 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 · 18 m

  • Crest length · 108.5 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 5.38 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 5.26 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 283 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 Sirohi District

Bhula Dam is no. 5 of 30 on this list.