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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Sabarmati Dam

Earthen dam · RA67HH0264

Sabarmati Dam is an earthen dam on the Sabarmati in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, completed in 2016; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 35.4 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 260 m, with a gross storage capacity of 18.6 million cubic metres (register identifier RA67HH0264).

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Sabarmati Dam is at 24.5502° N, 73.1945° E, per the register's coordinates.
Sabarmati Dam is at 24.5502° N, 73.1945° 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 · 35.4 m

  • Spillway capacity · 1897.12 m³/s

  • Crest length · 260 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 18.6 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 16.72 MCM

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

Appears on

Also on Dams of Udaipur District

Sabarmati Dam is no. 42 of 52 on this list.