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Chakan Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0188

Chakan Dam is an earthen dam on the Chakan in Bundi district, Rajasthan, completed in 2009; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 19.04 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 3,270 m, with a gross storage capacity of 12.89 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0188).

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Chakan Dam is at 25.7986° N, 76.2308° E, per the register's coordinates.
Chakan Dam is at 25.7986° N, 76.2308° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 19.04 m

  • Crest length · 3270 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 12.89 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 10.11 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 1849 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

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Also on Dams of Bundi District

Chakan Dam is no. 6 of 14 on this list.