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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Chatra Kunta Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0121

Chatra Kunta Dam is an earthen dam on the Anas in Banswara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1985; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 15.4 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 448 m, with a gross storage capacity of 1.14 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0121).

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Chatra Kunta Dam is at 23.2255° N, 74.2345° E, per the register's coordinates.
Chatra Kunta Dam is at 23.2255° N, 74.2345° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 15.4 m

  • Crest length · 448 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 1.14 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 1.06 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 95 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”

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Also on Dams of Banswara District

Chatra Kunta Dam is no. 6 of 25 on this list.