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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Ruparel Dam

Composite dam · RA211LH0332

Ruparel Dam is a composite dam on the Ruparel in Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan, completed in 2001; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 15 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 142.1 m, with a gross storage capacity of 9.71 million cubic metres (register identifier RA211LH0332).

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Ruparel Dam is at 25.0589° N, 74.9508° E, per the register's coordinates.
Ruparel Dam is at 25.0589° N, 74.9508° 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 · 15 m

  • Crest length · 142.1 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 9.71 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 8.75 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 898 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 Chittorgarh District

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