Sukhi Dam | |
Location Map: | India |
Coordinates: | 22.4391°N 73.8824°W |
Country: | India |
Location: | Chhota Udepur district, Gujarat |
Purpose: | Irrigation |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 1978 |
Opening: | 1987 |
Dam Type: | Embankment, earth-fill |
Dam Crosses: | Sukhi River |
Dam Height Foundation: | 38m (125feet) |
Dam Length: | 4256m (13,963feet) |
Dam Volume: | 4173170m2 |
Spillway Type: | Ogee, gate-controlled |
Spillway Capacity: | 5964.3m3/s |
Res Capacity Total: | 178470000m2 |
Res Capacity Active: | 167140000m2 |
Res Catchment: | 412km2 |
Res Surface: | 29.04km2 |
Sukhi Dam is an embankment dam on the Sukhi River near the village of Dungarvat in Chhota Udepur district of Gujarat, India. The primary purpose of the dam is the irrigation of a 31532ha area with nearly 350km (220miles) of canals. It was built between 1978 and 1987. The dam is an earth-fill type with a masonry spillway section.[1]