Dhoki Dam | |
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Official name | Dhoki Dam |
Location | Dhoki, Parner India |
Coordinates | 19°10′21″N74°25′5″E / 19.17250°N 74.41806°E Coordinates: 19°10′21″N74°25′5″E / 19.17250°N 74.41806°E |
Opening date | 1981 |
Owner(s) | Government of Maharashtra, India |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Earth-fill (Earthen) |
Impounds | Kalu River |
Height | 17.33 m (56.9 ft) |
Length | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Dhoki lake |
Total capacity | 1,240 km3 (300 cu mi) |
Surface area | 290 km2 (110 sq mi) |
Dhoki Dam (Marathi : ढोकी धरण), is an earth-fill dam on Kalu river in Dhoki village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district of state of Maharashtra in India.
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by around 83 million Marathi people of Maharashtra, India. It is the official language and co-official language in the Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India, respectively, and is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. There were 83 million speakers in 2011; Marathi ranks 19th in the list of most spoken languages in the world. Marathi has the third largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi and Bengali. Marathi has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indian languages, dating from about 900 AD. The major dialects of Marathi are Standard Marathi and the Varhadi dialect. Koli, Malvani Konkani has been heavily influenced by Marathi varieties.
Dhoki is a village in Parner taluka in Ahmednagar district of state of Maharashtra, India.
Parner taluka is a taluka in Ahmednagar district in the state of Maharashtra, India.
The height of the dam above lowest foundation is 17.33 m (56.9 ft) while the length is 397 m (1,302 ft). The gross storage capacity is 1,270 km3 (300 cu mi). [1]
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