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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Phutoon Dam

Earthen dam · RA11LH0084

Phutoon Dam is an earthen dam on the Bhim Kund in Banswara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1977; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 15.4 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 756 m, with a gross storage capacity of 3.35 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11LH0084).

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Phutoon Dam is at 23.5711° N, 74.2331° E, per the register's coordinates.
Phutoon Dam is at 23.5711° N, 74.2331° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 15.4 m

  • Crest length · 756 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 3.35 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 3.05 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 362 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 Banswara District

Phutoon Dam is no. 21 of 25 on this list.