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Place

Jhadol Dam (Bhilwara)

Earthen dam · RA11MH0106

Jhadol Dam (Bhilwara) is an earthen dam on the Local Nala in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1980; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 16.5 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 4,350 m, with a gross storage capacity of 10.3 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0106).

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Jhadol Dam (Bhilwara) is at 25.4431° N, 74.9111° E, per the register's coordinates.
Jhadol Dam (Bhilwara) is at 25.4431° N, 74.9111° 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 · 16.5 m

  • Crest length · 4350 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 10.3 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 9.29 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 599 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 Bhilwara District

Jhadol Dam (Bhilwara) is no. 9 of 30 on this list.