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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Poidra Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0063

Poidra Dam is an earthen dam on the Kapalganga in Sirohi district, Rajasthan, completed in 1965; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 10.41 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 121.95 m, with a gross storage capacity of 3.79 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0063).

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Poidra Dam is at 24.8139° N, 72.5900° E, per the register's coordinates.
Poidra Dam is at 24.8139° N, 72.5900° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Measurements

  • Gross storage capacity · 3.79 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 303 m³/s

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 10.41 m

  • Crest length · 121.95 m

  • Live storage capacity · 3.422 MCM

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

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