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Nagdi Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0051

Nagdi Dam is an earthen dam on the Nagdi in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1959; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 15 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 824 m, with a gross storage capacity of 5.15 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0051).

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Nagdi Dam is at 25.6156° N, 75.2856° E, per the register's coordinates.
Nagdi Dam is at 25.6156° N, 75.2856° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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राजाओ महाराजाओ का आलीशान बाग | Nagdi Dam Jahazpur | Bhilwara Rajasthan

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Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 15 m

  • Crest length · 824 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 5.15 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 5.09 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 325.45 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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Nagdi Dam is no. 19 of 30 on this list.