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Bishan Samand Dam

Earthen dam · RA11LH0202

Bishan Samand Dam is an earthen dam on the Churhao in Karauli district, Rajasthan, completed in 1870; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 11.08 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 122 m, with a gross storage capacity of 11.55 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11LH0202).

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Bishan Samand Dam is at 26.8256° N, 76.8294° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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Height above lowest foundation level · 11.08 m
Crest length · 122 m
Gross storage capacity · 11.55 MCM
Live storage capacity · 11.55 MCM
Spillway capacity · 11.56 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”

Bishan Samand Dam

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