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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Dhanta Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0069

Dhanta Dam is an earthen dam on the Kameri in Sirohi district, Rajasthan, completed in 1965; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 13.72 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 156.7 m, with a gross storage capacity of 7.84 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0069).

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Dhanta Dam is at 24.7997° N, 72.8147° E, per the register's coordinates.
Dhanta Dam is at 24.7997° N, 72.8147° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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//बहुत ही खूबसूरत //dhanta dam ka sunset point//जलीय जीवों का घर है।#sirohi

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Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 13.72 m

  • Crest length · 156.7 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 7.84 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 7.65 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 326 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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