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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Daya Dam

Earthen dam · RA11HH0113

Daya Dam is an earthen dam on the Daiya in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, completed in 1982; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 31.16 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 1,130 m, with a gross storage capacity of 12.41 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11HH0113).

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Daya Dam is at 24.3314° N, 73.8100° E, per the register's coordinates.
Daya Dam is at 24.3314° N, 73.8100° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Video

डाया बांध एवं जलाशय - Daya Dam and Jalashay - Udaipur Rajasthan - Udaipur Banswara Highway - Scene

Vijaypal Chhapoliya · 1:39 · on YouTube

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Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 31.16 m

  • Crest length · 1130 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 12.41 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 11.21 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 620 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 Udaipur District

Daya Dam is no. 14 of 52 on this list.