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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Ora Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0034

Ora Dam is an earthen dam on the Khari in Sirohi district, Rajasthan, completed in 1958; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 23.89 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 263.19 m, with a gross storage capacity of 22.65 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0034).

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Ora Dam is at 25.0289° N, 72.8095° E, per the register's coordinates.
Ora Dam is at 25.0289° N, 72.8095° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Measurements

  • Crest length · 263.19 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 22.65 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 22.28 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 836.86 m³/s

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 23.89 m

Source for the figures above

  • National Register of Specified Dams 2025cwc.gov.in

    “National Register of Specified Dams is a compilation of the specified dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government / Authority concerned.”

Location

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Also on Dams of Sirohi District

Ora Dam is no. 20 of 30 on this list.