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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Madar(Bada) Dam

Masonry Gravity dam · RA11MH0203

Madar(Bada) Dam is a masonry gravity dam on the Ahar in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, completed in 1687; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 10.01 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 320 m, with a gross storage capacity of 2.38 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0203).

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Madar(Bada) Dam is at 24.6917° N, 73.6056° E, per the register's coordinates.
Madar(Bada) Dam is at 24.6917° N, 73.6056° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 10.01 m

  • Crest length · 320 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 2.38 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 2.21 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 373.78 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

Madar(Bada) Dam is no. 33 of 52 on this list.