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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Panghatia Dam

Masonry Gravity dam · RA212MH0325

Panghatia Dam is a masonry gravity dam on the Local Nala in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1988; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 16.53 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 136 m, with a gross storage capacity of 1.27 million cubic metres (register identifier RA212MH0325).

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Panghatia Dam is at 25.3219° N, 75.3297° E, per the register's coordinates.
Panghatia Dam is at 25.3219° N, 75.3297° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 16.53 m

  • Crest length · 136 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 1.27 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 1.13 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 168 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

Panghatia Dam is no. 23 of 30 on this list.