| Perunchani Dam | |
|---|---|
 Perunchani Dam | |
  Location of Perunchani Dam in Tamil Nadu | |
| Official name | Perunchani Dam |
| Country | India |
| Location | Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu |
| Coordinates | 8°23′4″N 77°22′28″E / 8.38444°N 77.37444°E |
| Opening date | December 1952 |
| Owner(s) | Water Resources Organization, Government of Tamil Nadu |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Straight Gravity Masonry dam with concrete Spillway |
| Impounds | Paralayar River, a tributary of Tamiraparani River |
| Height | 36.27 metres (119.0 ft) above foundation |
| Length | 308 metres (1,010 ft) |
| Spillways | One |
| Spillway capacity | 894.91 m3 (31,603 cu ft) per second |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Perunchani Reservoir |
| Total capacity | Live storage 818,400,000 m3 (2.890×1010 cu ft) |
| Catchment area | 158.4 square kilometres (61.2 sq mi) |
| Power Station | |
| Operator(s) | Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited |
| Commission date | Unit 1: 21 December 2005 Unit 2: January 22, 2006 |
| Turbines | 2 × 650 KW[1] |
| Installed capacity | 1.3 MW |
Perunchani Dam is an irrigation dam at Perunchani, Kanyakumari District, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the dams of the Kodayar Irrigation System.[2] As there was water deficiency in the Kodayar Irrigation System, Perunchani Dam was constructed in December 1952 to store flood water of the Paralayar River as an extension. It was built about 1 km (0.62 mi) upstream of the Puthen dam on the Paralayar River. The irrigation system became operational on 2 September 1953. It feeds the left bank irrigation canal system of the Puthen dam, which is the terminal structure of the system.[3][4]
- ^ "Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO)".
- ^ "Kodayar System JI02547". Water Resources Information System of India. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ Senapati & Sahu 1995, p. 298.
- ^ "Places of Tourist Interest". Pechiparai Dam. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2015.