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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Goyaka Prasad Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0111

Goyaka Prasad Dam is an earthen dam on the Negri in Banswara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1982; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 17.91 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 463 m, with a gross storage capacity of 2.22 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0111).

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Goyaka Prasad Dam is at 23.1789° N, 74.2733° E, per the register's coordinates.
Goyaka Prasad Dam is at 23.1789° N, 74.2733° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 17.91 m

  • Crest length · 463 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 2.22 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 1.9 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 140 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 Banswara District

Goyaka Prasad Dam is no. 9 of 25 on this list.