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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Harchand Dam

Earthen dam · RA67LH0315

Harchand Dam is an earthen dam on the Gargal in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, completed in 1956; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 12.64 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 365 m, with a gross storage capacity of 7.71 million cubic metres (register identifier RA67LH0315).

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Harchand Dam is at 24.1833° N, 73.8833° E, per the register's coordinates.
Harchand Dam is at 24.1833° N, 73.8833° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Location

River

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 12.64 m

  • Crest length · 365 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 7.71 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 6.29 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 804.28 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 Udaipur District

Harchand Dam is no. 22 of 52 on this list.