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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Borda Dam (Banswara)

Earthen dam · RA11LH0179

Borda Dam (Banswara) is an earthen dam on the Shakliya in Banswara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1979; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 15.3 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 320 m, with a gross storage capacity of 1.04 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11LH0179).

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Borda Dam (Banswara) is at 23.7707° N, 74.3705° E, per the register's coordinates.
Borda Dam (Banswara) is at 23.7707° N, 74.3705° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 15.3 m

  • Crest length · 320 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 1.04 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 1 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 64.56 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”

Location

River

Appears on

Also on Dams of Banswara District

Borda Dam (Banswara) is no. 5 of 25 on this list.