Place

Galwa Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0055

Galwa Dam is an earthen dam on the Galwa in Tonk district, Rajasthan, completed in 1960; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 16.35 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 6,068 m, with a gross storage capacity of 48.7 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0055).

Sources: 1
Ranked on: 3 lists

Galwa Dam is at 25.8897° N, 76.0151° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Location

Tonk district
- National Register of Specified Dams 2025cwc.gov.in
  “National Register of Specified Dams is a compilation of the specified dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government / Authority concerned.”

Measurements

Height above lowest foundation level · 16.35 m
Crest length · 6068 m
Gross storage capacity · 48.7 MCM
Live storage capacity · 48.36 MCM
Spillway capacity · 3240 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”

Appears on

Also on Dams of Tonk District

Galwa Dam is no. 2 of 4 on this list.