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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

Marwaris

Merchants of the desert. Builders of a nation.

Place

Ker Dam

Earthen dam · RA11LH0088

Ker Dam is an earthen dam on the Sukli in Sirohi district, Rajasthan, completed in 1977; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 10.21 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 600 m, with a gross storage capacity of 2.83 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11LH0088).

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Ker Dam is at 24.7278° N, 72.8626° E, per the register's coordinates.
Ker Dam is at 24.7278° N, 72.8626° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Measurements

  • Crest length · 600 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 2.83 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 2.57 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 212.17 m³/s

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 10.21 m

Source for the figures above

  • National Register of Specified Dams 2025cwc.gov.in

    “National Register of Specified Dams is a compilation of the specified dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government / Authority concerned.”

Location

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Also on Dams of Sirohi District

Ker Dam is no. 13 of 30 on this list.