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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Phacharia Dam

Earthen dam · RA11LH0140

Phacharia Dam is an earthen dam on the Maugu in Sirohi district, Rajasthan, completed in 1988; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 10.67 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 129 m, with a gross storage capacity of 1.76 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11LH0140).

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Phacharia Dam is at 24.8808° N, 72.6467° E, per the register's coordinates.
Phacharia Dam is at 24.8808° N, 72.6467° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Measurements

  • Crest length · 129 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 1.76 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 1.42 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 167.89 m³/s

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 10.67 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

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