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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Patiyal Dam

Composite dam · RA212MH0327

Patiyal Dam is a composite dam on the Mej in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1992; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 19.65 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 140 m, with a gross storage capacity of 1.7 million cubic metres (register identifier RA212MH0327).

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Patiyal Dam is at 25.2522° N, 75.2953° E, per the register's coordinates.
Patiyal Dam is at 25.2522° N, 75.2953° 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 · 19.65 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 1.7 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 1.52 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 187 m³/s

  • Crest length · 140 m

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”

River

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Also on Dams of Bhilwara District

Patiyal Dam is no. 24 of 30 on this list.