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Chikalwas Dam

Earthen dam · RA67HH0301

Chikalwas Dam is an earthen dam on the Bhanwra Ka Bala in Rajsamand district, Rajasthan, completed in 1998; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 37.72 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 375 m, with a gross storage capacity of 11.32 million cubic metres (register identifier RA67HH0301).

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Chikalwas Dam is at 25.0261° N, 73.7278° E, per the register's coordinates.
Chikalwas Dam is at 25.0261° N, 73.7278° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 37.72 m

  • Crest length · 375 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 11.32 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 10.96 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 1390 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 Rajsamand District

Chikalwas Dam is no. 6 of 12 on this list.