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Dorai Dam

Earthen dam · RA211LH0331

Dorai Dam is an earthen dam on the Brahmani in Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan, completed in 1992; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 18.34 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 1,335 m, with a gross storage capacity of 8.5 million cubic metres (register identifier RA211LH0331).

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Dorai Dam is at 24.9325° N, 74.9670° E, per the register's coordinates.
Dorai Dam is at 24.9325° N, 74.9670° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 18.34 m

  • Crest length · 1335 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 8.5 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 8.28 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 657 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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Dorai Dam is no. 9 of 25 on this list.