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Kelwara Dam

Earthen dam · RA67HH0299

Kelwara Dam is an earthen dam on the Bhanwra Ka Bala in Rajsamand district, Rajasthan, completed in 1954; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 18.86 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 48.7 m, with a gross storage capacity of 0.69 million cubic metres (register identifier RA67HH0299).

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Kelwara Dam is at 25.1203° N, 73.5939° E, per the register's coordinates.
Kelwara Dam is at 25.1203° N, 73.5939° 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 · 18.86 m

  • Crest length · 48.7 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 0.69 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 0.6 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 197.54 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 Rajsamand District

Kelwara Dam is no. 8 of 12 on this list.