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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Place

Varal Dam

Earthen dam · RA67LH0296

Varal Dam is an earthen dam on the Muja Bala in Sirohi district, Rajasthan, completed in 2009; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 11.39 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 285 m, with a gross storage capacity of 1.68 million cubic metres (register identifier RA67LH0296).

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Varal Dam is at 24.8844° N, 72.7114° E, per the register's coordinates.
Varal Dam is at 24.8844° N, 72.7114° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Measurements

  • Crest length · 285 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 1.68 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 1.56 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 520 m³/s

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 11.39 m

Source for the figures above

  • National Register of Specified Dams 2025cwc.gov.in

    “National Register of Specified Dams is a compilation of the specified dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government / Authority concerned.”

Location

River

Appears on

Also on Dams of Sirohi District

Varal Dam is no. 28 of 30 on this list.