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Chhapi Dam

Masonry Gravity dam · RA11HH0167

Chhapi Dam
आशीष गोयल · CC BY-SA 3.0

Chhapi Dam is a masonry gravity dam on the Chhapi in Jhalawar district, Rajasthan, completed in 2005; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 34.4 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 312 m, with a gross storage capacity of 82.57 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11HH0167).

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Chhapi Dam is at 24.3419° N, 76.4719° E, per the register's coordinates.
Chhapi Dam is at 24.3419° N, 76.4719° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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Chhapi dam Jhalawar, chhapi irrigation projects

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Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 34.4 m

  • Crest length · 312 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 82.57 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 73.57 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 4370 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 Jhalawar District

Chhapi Dam is no. 3 of 11 on this list.