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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Sankal Khera Dam

Masonry Gravity dam · RA11MH0181

Sankal Khera Dam is a masonry gravity dam on the Local Nala in Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan, completed in 2008; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 20.9 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 60 m, with a gross storage capacity of 3.16 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0181).

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Sankal Khera Dam is at 24.8167° N, 74.7500° E, per the register's coordinates.
Sankal Khera Dam is at 24.8167° N, 74.7500° 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 · 20.9 m

  • Crest length · 60 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 3.16 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 3.09 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 315 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

Sankal Khera Dam is no. 22 of 25 on this list.