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Week 38 · 2026English editionRecord

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West Banas Dam

Earthen dam · RA11MH0062

West Banas Dam is an earthen dam on the Banas in Sirohi district, Rajasthan, completed in 1963; the National Register of Specified Dams 2025 records it as 17.24 m high above lowest foundation level, a crest length of 670.8 m, with a gross storage capacity of 39.01 million cubic metres (register identifier RA11MH0062).

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West Banas Dam is at 24.6975° N, 72.9278° E, per the register's coordinates.
West Banas Dam is at 24.6975° N, 72.9278° E, per the register’s coordinates. Boundary: DataMeet community maps (divisions dataset, 2011 Census), CC BY 4.0.

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Measurements

  • Crest length · 670.8 m

  • Height above lowest foundation level · 17.24 m

  • Gross storage capacity · 39.01 MCM

  • Live storage capacity · 36.2 MCM

  • Spillway capacity · 1482 m³/s

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.”

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Also on Dams of Sirohi District

West Banas Dam is no. 30 of 30 on this list.