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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Jai Samand Dam

Composite dam · RA11HH0002

Jai Samand Dam is a composite dam on the Gomti in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, completed in 1730; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 34.9 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 335 m, with a gross storage capacity of 415.25 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11HH0002).

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Jai Samand Dam is at 24.2417° N, 73.9536° E, per the register's coordinates.
Jai Samand Dam is at 24.2417° N, 73.9536° 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 · 34.9 m

  • Crest length · 335 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 415.25 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 296.6 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 5405 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

Jai Samand Dam is no. 24 of 52 on this list.