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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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Merchants of the desert. Builders of a nation.

Place

Wagon Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0118

Wagon Dam is an earthen dam on the Wagan in Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan, completed in 1984; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 21.2 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 3,000 m, with a gross storage capacity of 40.7 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0118).

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Wagon Dam is at 24.4947° N, 74.4078° E, per the register's coordinates.
Wagon Dam is at 24.4947° N, 74.4078° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

Measurements

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 21.2 m

  • Crest length · 3000 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 40.7 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 37.6 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 3025 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”

Location

River

Appears on

Also on Dams of Chittorgarh District

Wagon Dam is no. 25 of 25 on this list.