Place

Madho Sagar Dam

Earthen dam · RA11LH0009

Madho Sagar Dam is an earthen dam on the Chhoi in Dausa district, Rajasthan, completed in 1887; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 18.63 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 254 m, with a gross storage capacity of 22.6 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11LH0009).

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Ranked on: 3 lists

Madho Sagar Dam is at 26.8414° N, 76.6511° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Location

Dausa district
- 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.”

Measurements

Height above lowest foundation level · 18.63 m
Crest length · 254 m
Gross storage capacity · 22.6 MCM
Live storage capacity · 22.6 MCM
Spillway capacity · 108 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”

Appears on

Also on Dams of Dausa District

Madho Sagar Dam is no. 4 of 9 on this list.