Sunkesula Barrage | |
Name Official: | Tungabhadra Barrage |
Location Map: | India Andhra Pradesh |
Location Map Size: | 200px |
Coordinates: | 15.8825°N 77.8272°W |
Country: | India |
Location: | Kurnool, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh && Rajoli, Jogulamba Gadwal district, Telangana |
Owner: | Government of Andhra Pradesh |
Purpose: | Irrigation & Water supply |
Dam Type: | Barrage |
Dam Crosses: | Tungabhadra River |
Dam Length: | 13000NaN0 |
Dam Height: | 1630NaN0 |
Spillway Count: | 30 |
Spillway Type: | Controlled |
Spillway Capacity: | 2,08,363 cumecs |
Res Name: | Sunkesula Reservoir |
Res Capacity Total: | 1.25 Tmcft |
Res Catchment: | 172km2 |
Res Surface: | 60.32km2 |
Sunkesula is one of the largest barrages across the Tungabhadra River in Kurnool district,[1] [2] Andhra Pradesh, India.[3] [4] It was built in 1861, during the British raj, for transporting goods on the K. C. Canal.