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The Dantiwada Dam is a mud and masonry dam on the West Banas River near Dantiwada, Banaskantha district of northern Gujarat in India. The dam was constructed in 1965 mainly for irrigation and flood control.

Dantiwada dam
Dantiwada Dam
Official name	Dantiwada Water Resources Project
Country	India
Location	Banaskantha
Coordinates	24.316453°N 72.325193°E / 24.316453; 72.325193
Purpose	Irrigation & water supply
Status	Operational
Construction began	1958
Opening date	1965
Construction cost	Rs 1339.36 Lakhs (Constructed By= M/S RT Jadeja Constructions)
Dam and spillways
Impounds	West Banas River
Height (foundation)	61 metres (200 ft)
Length	4,832 metres (16,000 ft)
Spillways	11 (radial) additional spillway 14
Spillway type	Ogee
Spillway capacity	7504 m3/s
Reservoir
Total capacity	907.88 MCM
Catchment area	40.47 square kilometres (440,000,000 sq ft)
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111 total villages are under command of the Dantiwada Dam, of which 12 villages are partially submerged. Total land submerged under the reservoir include 1,215 hectares (3,000 acres; 4.69 sq mi) forest land, 810 hectares (2,000 acres; 3.1 sq mi) wasteland, 2,025 hectares (5,000 acres; 7.82 sq mi) cultivable land.[1]

It irrigated 50,284 hectares (124,250 acres; 194.15 sq mi) in 1994–95.[1]

The Dantiwada Dam failed in 1973, 8 years after it was constructed.[2]

On 10 April 2015, Government of Gujarat declared ₹110 crore (US$14 million) for the Dantiwada Dam oriented group water supply project benefiting 123 villages of three talukas.[3]

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