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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Somkagdar Dam

Composite dam · RA11HH0115

Somkagdar Dam is a composite dam on the Som in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, completed in 1983; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 24 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 480 m, with a gross storage capacity of 36.22 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11HH0115).

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Somkagdar Dam is at 24.0281° N, 73.6283° E, per the register's coordinates.
Somkagdar Dam is at 24.0281° N, 73.6283° 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 · 24 m

  • Crest length · 480 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 36.22 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 3220 m³/s

  • Live storage capacity · 34.5 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

Somkagdar Dam is no. 48 of 52 on this list.