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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Motipura Dam (Bundi)

Earthen dam · RA67LH0225

Motipura Dam (Bundi) is an earthen dam on the Mej in Bundi district, Rajasthan, completed in 1965; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 13.3 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 870 m, with a gross storage capacity of 3.714 million cubic metres (register identifier RA67LH0225).

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Motipura Dam (Bundi) is at 25.5547° N, 75.8892° E, per the register's coordinates.
Motipura Dam (Bundi) is at 25.5547° N, 75.8892° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 13.3 m

  • Spillway capacity · 373.54 m³/s

  • Crest length · 870 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 3.714 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 3.354 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 Bundi District

Motipura Dam (Bundi) is no. 12 of 14 on this list.