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Place

Motipura Dam (Bhilwara)

Earthen dam · RA212LH0330

Motipura Dam (Bhilwara) is an earthen dam on the Mangli in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, completed in 2000; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 14.65 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 870 m, with a gross storage capacity of 11.7 million cubic metres (register identifier RA212LH0330).

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Motipura Dam (Bhilwara) is at 25.1000° N, 75.3497° E, per the register's coordinates.
Motipura Dam (Bhilwara) is at 25.1000° N, 75.3497° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 14.65 m

  • Crest length · 870 m

  • Spillway capacity · 373.54 m³/s

  • Gross storage capacity · 11.7 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 1.109 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

Motipura Dam (Bhilwara) is no. 18 of 30 on this list.