| Madhopur Headworks | |
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| 32°22′36″N 75°36′22″E / 32.3767°N 75.6062°E | |
| Waterway | Ravi River |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| Maintained by | Punjab Department of Irrigation |
| First built | 1875 |
| Latest built | 1959 |
| Length | 2,700 feet (820 m) |
| Discharge capacity Up to 9000 cusec[1] | |
Madhopur Headworks is a barrage on the Ravi River in Madhopur, just 14 km from Pathankot city in Pathankot district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is located on the border with Jammu and Kashmir. The Upper Bari Doab Canal (UBDC) off-taking from Madhopur irrigates agricultural lands in Punjab and provides water to the cities of Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Batala and Amritsar.
The headworks was one of the first irrigation projects constructed in Punjab during the British Raj, within 10 years of the conquest of Punjab. It provided irrigation in the lands of Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Lahore districts of the undivided Punjab. During the partition arrangements, Cyrill Radcliffe allocated three tehsils of Gurdaspur district to India for maintaining the integrity of the canal system from Madhopur.
After independence, India signed the Indus Waters Treaty obtaining the exclusive use of waters from the Ravi River. Subsequently, India rebuilt the Madhopur headwork as full barrage. Pakistan continues to use the UBDC canal network within its territory, replacing the Ravi waters by waters from Chenab via the BRB Canal.