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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Choti-Tandi Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0100

Choti-Tandi Dam is an earthen dam on the Khajarana in Banswara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1979; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 18.5 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 690 m, with a gross storage capacity of 1.92 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0100).

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Choti-Tandi Dam is at 23.1444° N, 74.3014° E, per the register's coordinates.
Choti-Tandi Dam is at 23.1444° N, 74.3014° 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 · 18.5 m

  • Crest length · 690 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 1.92 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 1.67 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 151 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

Choti-Tandi Dam is no. 7 of 25 on this list.