Tenughat Dam | |
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Official name | Tenughat Dam |
Country | India |
Location | Bokaro District, Jharkhand |
Coordinates | 23°43′48″N 85°49′55″E / 23.73000°N 85.83194°E |
Status | Functional |
Construction began | 1973 |
Opening date | 1978 (year of completion) |
Owner(s) | Government of Jharkhand |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Earthfill embankment |
Impounds | Damodar River |
Height | 55 metres (180 ft) |
Height (foundation) | 50.61 meters |
Length | 6,494 metres (21,306 ft) |
Spillways | 60 Feet clear Width |
Spillway capacity | 15989 cubic meters/s |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Khandoli Lake |
Total capacity | 1.021 cubic kms (36.06 tmcft) |
Active capacity | 1.00 cubic km (35.32 tmcft) |
Tenughat Dam (Hindi: तेनूघाट बांध) is an earthfill dam with composite masonry cum concrete spillway across the Damodar River at Tenughat in Petarwar block of Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.