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Chaparwara Dam

Earthen dam · RA11LH0013

Chaparwara Dam is an earthen dam on the Dhantara in Jaipur district, Rajasthan, completed in 1894; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 10.668 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 4,260 m, with a gross storage capacity of 35 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11LH0013).

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Chaparwara Dam is at 26.6214° N, 75.2575° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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Gross storage capacity · 35 MCM
Live storage capacity · 35 MCM
Spillway capacity · 800 m³/s
Height above lowest foundation level · 10.668 m
Crest length · 4260 m

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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.”

Chaparwara Dam

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