Tenughat Dam

Tenughat Dam
Tenughat Dam
Location in Jharkhand
Official nameTenughat Dam
CountryIndia
LocationBokaro District, Jharkhand
Coordinates23°43′48″N 85°49′55″E / 23.73000°N 85.83194°E / 23.73000; 85.83194
Purposeindustries ,drinking,irrigation
StatusFunctional
Construction began1973
Opening date1978 (year of completion)
OwnerGovernment of Jharkhand
Dam and spillways
Type of damearthen with concrete spillway
ImpoundsDamodar River
Height55 metres (180 ft)
Height (foundation)50.61 meters
Length6,494 metres (21,306 ft)
Spillways1
Spillway typeogee type
Spillway capacity15989 cubic meters/s
Reservoir
CreatesTenughat Reservoir
Total capacity1.021 cubic kms (36.06 tmcft)
Active capacity1.00 cubic km (35.32 tmcft)
Catchment area4480 sq km
Maximum water depth44m
Normal elevation268m
Power Station
Turbines0
Installed capacity0 MW
Annual generation0 GW·h

Tenughat Dam 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. It is the one of the biggest dam of Jharkhand in terms of storage capacity of water(1020 million cubic meters)(36 Tmcft)