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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Pachanpura Dam

Composite dam · RA212LH0326

Pachanpura Dam is a composite dam on the Eru in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1990; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 14.7 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 225 m, with a gross storage capacity of 9.486 million cubic metres (register identifier RA212LH0326).

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Pachanpura Dam is at 25.0686° N, 75.2881° E, per the register's coordinates.
Pachanpura Dam is at 25.0686° N, 75.2881° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Location

Measurements

  • Spillway capacity · 3549 m³/s

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 14.7 m

  • Crest length · 225 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 9.486 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 9.288 MCM

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.”

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Also on Dams of Bhilwara District

Pachanpura Dam is no. 22 of 30 on this list.