Mukutmanipur Dam

Mukutmanipur Dam
Mukutmanipur Dam
Location of Mukutmanipur Dam in West Bengal
Location	Bankura District, West Bengal, India
Coordinates	22°57′50″N 86°47′20″E / 22.963949°N 86.788800°E / 22.963949; 86.788800
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Kangsabati River
Length	11,270 metres (36,980 ft)
Width (base)	38 metres (125 ft)
Website mukutmanipur.in

The Mukutmanipur Dam is a dam in Khatra subdivision of Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.

The Kangsabati River (also variously known as the Kasai and kumari) rises from the Chota Nagpur Plateau in West Bengal, and passes through the districts of Purulia, Bankura and Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal before draining in the Bay of Bengal, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Mukutmonipur. It is the second longest earthen dam in India (11.27 km), next only to Sri Ram Sagar Project (SRSP) Telangana, with a gross storage capacity of 1.04 cubic kms (36.73 tmcft). It is the only dam that has been designated as 'Dam of national importance' from West Bengal by Central Water Commission of Government of India.

The road over the dam is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) in length. In the middle, there is a small hillock called Paresnath hill where several statues of Jain and Hindu deities are kept in the open air. These statues were recovered during digging while the dam was built. There is another Jain statue lying at the bottom of the Pareshnath hill.^[1]

Accessibility

Many trains are available from Howrah railway station to Bankura Railway Station. It is about 233 kilometers from Howrah railway station. Then one has to take a bus from Bankura Railway Station, by bus it is 72 kilometers from there.

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