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Week 37 · 2026English editionRecord

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Orai Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0080

Orai Dam is an earthen dam on the Orai in Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan, completed in 1976; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 23.51 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 990 m, with a gross storage capacity of 35.3 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0080).

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Orai Dam is at 25.0266° N, 74.8395° E, per the register's coordinates.
Orai Dam is at 25.0266° N, 74.8395° 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 · 23.51 m

  • Crest length · 990 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 35.3 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 32.8 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 2351 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 Chittorgarh District

Orai Dam is no. 17 of 25 on this list.