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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Udai Sagar Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0171

Udai Sagar Dam is an earthen dam on the Ahar in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, completed in 1565; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 24.4 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 315 m, with a gross storage capacity of 31.18 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0171).

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Udai Sagar Dam is at 24.5778° N, 73.8222° E, per the register's coordinates.
Udai Sagar Dam is at 24.5778° N, 73.8222° 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 · 24.4 m

  • Crest length · 315 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 31.18 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 27.64 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 1421.76 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”

River

Appears on

Also on Dams of Udaipur District

Udai Sagar Dam is no. 51 of 52 on this list.