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Gambhiri Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0050

Gambhiri Dam is an earthen dam on the Gambhir in Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan, completed in 1958; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 30 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 3,150 m, with a gross storage capacity of 55 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0050).

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Gambhiri Dam is at 24.7035° N, 74.7342° E, per the register's coordinates.
Gambhiri Dam is at 24.7035° N, 74.7342° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 30 m

  • Crest length · 3150 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 55 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 53.5 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 3890 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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Gambhiri Dam is no. 10 of 25 on this list.