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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Mandal Dam

Masonry Gravity dam · RA11MH0017

Mandal Dam is a masonry gravity dam on the Kothari in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1902; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 10.1 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 327 m, with a gross storage capacity of 13.875 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0017).

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Mandal Dam is at 25.4528° N, 74.5689° E, per the register's coordinates.
Mandal Dam is at 25.4528° N, 74.5689° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 10.1 m

  • Spillway capacity · 1300 m³/s

  • Crest length · 327 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 13.875 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 11.893 MCM

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

Mandal Dam is no. 15 of 30 on this list.