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Umed Sagar Dam

Earthen dam · RA11LH0211

Umed Sagar Dam is an earthen dam on the Sondhani Nala in Baran district, Rajasthan, completed in 1917; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 10.67 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 4,875 m, with a gross storage capacity of 17.83 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11LH0211).

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Umed Sagar Dam is at 25.5633° N, 74.9008° E, per the register's coordinates.
Umed Sagar Dam is at 25.5633° N, 74.9008° 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 · 10.67 m

  • Crest length · 4875 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 17.83 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 17.77 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 1238 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 Baran District

Umed Sagar Dam is no. 8 of 9 on this list.