| Dantiwada dam | |
| Name Official: | Dantiwada Water Resources Project |
| Location Map: | India |
| Location Map Caption: | Dantiwada Dam |
| Coordinates: | 24.3255°N 72.3417°W |
| Country: | India |
| Location: | Banaskantha |
| Purpose: | Irrigation & water supply |
| Status: | o |
| Construction Began: | 1958 |
| Opening: | 1965 |
| Cost: | Rs 1339.36 Lakhs (Constructed By= M/S RT Jadeja Constructions) |
| Dam Height Foundation: | 61lk=inNaNlk=in |
| Dam Length: | 4832lk=inNaNlk=in |
| Dam Crosses: | West Banas River |
| Spillway Count: | 11 (radial) additional spillway 14 |
| Spillway Type: | Ogee |
| Spillway Capacity: | 7504 m3/s |
| Res Capacity Total: | 907.88 MCM |
| Res Catchment: | 40.47lk=inNaNlk=in |
| Website: | Dantiwada dam |
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.
111 total villages are under command of the Dantiwada Dam, of which 12 villages are partially submerged. Total land submerged under the reservoir include 1215ha forest land, 810ha wasteland, 2025ha cultivable land.[1]
It irrigated 50284ha 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 for the Dantiwada Dam oriented group water supply project benefiting 123 villages of three talukas.[3]