| Rihand Dam | |
|---|---|
 Jawaharlal Nehru at Rihand Dam | |
  Location of Rihand Dam in Uttar Pradesh  Rihand Dam (India) | |
| Official name | Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar |
| Country | India |
| Location | Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh |
| Coordinates | 24°12′9″N 83°0′29″E / 24.20250°N 83.00806°E |
| Construction began | 1953 |
| Opening date | 1962 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Height | 91.46 m (300 ft) |
| Length | 934.45 m (3,066 ft)[1] |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 10.6 billion cubic metres |
| Active capacity | 8.9 billion cubic metres (314.34 tmc ft) |
| Inactive capacity | 1.7 billion cubic metres (60 tmc ft) |
| Catchment area | 13,333.26 km2 (5,148 sq mi)[2] |
| Power Station | |
| Turbines | 6 x 50 MW Francis-type |
| Installed capacity | 300 MW[3] |
Rihand Dam also known as Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, is the second largest dam of India by volume (storage) next only to Indirasagar Dam of Madhya Pradesh. The reservoir of Rihand Dam, called Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, is India's largest artificial lake.[4] Rihand Dam is a concrete gravity dam located at Pipri in Sonbhadra District in Uttar Pradesh, India.[5] Its reservoir area is on the border of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the Rihand River, a tributary of the Son River. The catchment area of this dam extends over Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states whereas it supplies irrigation water to Bihar located downstream of the river.
- ^ "India: National Register of Large Dams 2009" (PDF). Central Water Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ UPJVNL. "Uttar Pradesh Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited". Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Rihand Power Station, Pipri, District : Sonebhadra (UP)". UPDESCO. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ "Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Rihand Dam". Retrieved 5 December 2015.