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Surwania Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0065

Surwania Dam is an earthen dam on the Ambaghotia in Banswara district, Rajasthan, completed in 1962; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 22.25 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 3,082.5 m, with a gross storage capacity of 11.33 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0065).

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Surwania Dam is at 23.4908° N, 74.3650° E, per the register's coordinates.
Surwania Dam is at 23.4908° N, 74.3650° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 22.25 m

  • Crest length · 3082.5 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 11.33 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 10.33 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 879.22 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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Surwania Dam is no. 24 of 25 on this list.