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Mangalsar Dam

Earthen dam · RA67MH0219

Mangalsar Dam is an earthen dam on the Bhigani Nala in Alwar district, Rajasthan, completed in 1890; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 17.37 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 64 m, with a gross storage capacity of 18.676 million cubic metres (register identifier RA67MH0219).

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Mangalsar Dam is at 27.2181° N, 76.4192° E, per the register's coordinates.
Mangalsar Dam is at 27.2181° N, 76.4192° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 17.37 m

  • Crest length · 64 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 18.676 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 16.128 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 396.43 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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Mangalsar Dam is no. 2 of 4 on this list.