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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Navratan Sagar Dam

Earthen dam · RA11LH0161

Navratan Sagar Dam is an earthen dam on the Dabochaya in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, completed in 2000; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 12.2 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 821 m, with a gross storage capacity of 2.26 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11LH0161).

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Navratan Sagar Dam is at 25.5178° N, 75.3422° E, per the register's coordinates.
Navratan Sagar Dam is at 25.5178° N, 75.3422° 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 · 12.2 m

  • Crest length · 821 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 2.26 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 2.04 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 397.91 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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Also on Dams of Bhilwara District

Navratan Sagar Dam is no. 21 of 30 on this list.