Place

Bithan Dam

Earthen dam · RA11LH0064

Bithan Dam is an earthen dam on the Jaila Bala in Jalor district, Rajasthan, completed in 1963; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 12.2 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 240 m, with a gross storage capacity of 7.2 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11LH0064).

Sources: 1
Ranked on: 3 lists

Bithan Dam is at 24.9460° N, 72.5471° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Location

Jalor 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 · 12.2 m
Crest length · 240 m
Gross storage capacity · 7.2 MCM
Live storage capacity · 6.84 MCM
Spillway capacity · 355 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 Jalor District

Bithan Dam is no. 3 of 3 on this list.