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Dheel Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0020

Dheel Dam is an earthen dam on the Dhil in Sawai Madhopur district, Rajasthan, completed in 1911; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 27.62 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 1,631.28 m, with a gross storage capacity of 27.75 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0020).

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Dheel Dam is at 26.2233° N, 76.1172° E, per the register's coordinates.
Dheel Dam is at 26.2233° N, 76.1172° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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टापूर का बांध || भारत का पहला बिना गेट वाला डैम || ढील डैम Sawai Madhopur ka dheel dam || Tapur Dam

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Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 27.62 m

  • Crest length · 1631.28 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 27.75 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 27.75 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 3529 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 Sawai Madhopur District

Dheel Dam is no. 2 of 6 on this list.