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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Chinar Dam

Earthen dam · RA11LH0193

Chinar Dam is an earthen dam on the Jhambua in Sirohi district, Rajasthan, completed in 1987; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 12.82 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 40 m, with a gross storage capacity of 1.52 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11LH0193).

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Chinar Dam is at 24.5312° N, 72.6684° E, per the register's coordinates.
Chinar Dam is at 24.5312° N, 72.6684° 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 · 12.82 m

  • Crest length · 40 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 1.52 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 1.46 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 129.59 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 Sirohi District

Chinar Dam is no. 7 of 30 on this list.