Tenughat Dam
| Tenughat Dam | |
|---|---|
Tenughat Dam Location in Jharkhand | |
| Official name | Tenughat Dam |
| Country | India |
| Location | Bokaro District, Jharkhand |
| Coordinates | 23°43′48″N 85°49′55″E / 23.73000°N 85.83194°E |
| Purpose | industries ,drinking,irrigation |
| Status | Functional |
| Construction began | 1973 |
| Opening date | 1978 (year of completion) |
| Owner | Government of Jharkhand |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | earthen with concrete spillway |
| Impounds | Damodar River |
| Height | 55 metres (180 ft) |
| Height (foundation) | 50.61 meters |
| Length | 6,494 metres (21,306 ft) |
| Spillways | 1 |
| Spillway type | ogee type |
| Spillway capacity | 15989 cubic meters/s |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Tenughat Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 1.021 cubic kms (36.06 tmcft) |
| Active capacity | 1.00 cubic km (35.32 tmcft) |
| Catchment area | 4480 sq km |
| Maximum water depth | 44m |
| Normal elevation | 268m |
| Power Station | |
| Turbines | 0 |
| Installed capacity | 0 MW |
| Annual generation | 0 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)