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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Pitha Ka Mand Dam

Composite dam · RA212MH0329

Pitha Ka Mand Dam is a composite dam on the Mej in Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1997; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 16.35 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 75 m, with a gross storage capacity of 1.39 million cubic metres (register identifier RA212MH0329).

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Pitha Ka Mand Dam is at 25.3519° N, 75.2283° E, per the register's coordinates.
Pitha Ka Mand Dam is at 25.3519° N, 75.2283° 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 · 16.35 m

  • Crest length · 75 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 1.39 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 1.02 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 145 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”

River

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Also on Dams of Bhilwara District

Pitha Ka Mand Dam is no. 25 of 30 on this list.