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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Nahar Sagar Dam

Earthen dam · RA11LH0177

Nahar Sagar Dam is an earthen dam on the Sameliya in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1909; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 10.67 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 3,735 m, with a gross storage capacity of 24.69 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11LH0177).

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Nahar Sagar Dam is at 25.7295° N, 74.9544° E, per the register's coordinates.
Nahar Sagar Dam is at 25.7295° N, 74.9544° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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Location

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 10.67 m

  • Crest length · 3735 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 24.69 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 24.51 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 1414 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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Nahar Sagar Dam is no. 20 of 30 on this list.