Kalisindh Dam is a concrete gravity dam across

Kali Sindh River The Kali Sindh (Krashna Sindhu), is a river in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in northern India. It is a tributary of the Chambal River in the Ganges Basin. The main tributaries of the Kali Sindh are the Parban River, Parwan, Niwaj and Ahu River, ...

. It is situated near Jetpura village which is 16 km from Jhalawar,

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

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. It is built primarily for providing water for irrigation to nearby villages, control annual floods in Kali Sindh River and uplift water to storage of 1200 mcft water for

Kalisindh Thermal Power Station Kalisindh Thermal Power Station is a 1200Megawatt, MW coal-fired power station located in Rajasthan States and union territories of India, state in western India. It is located 12 km away from Jhalawar town in Jhalawar district. It consists of t ...

. The dam has the second highest number of gates (33) among all dams in

after Matrikundiya Dam which has 52 gates.

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Dams in Rajasthan Dams completed in 2014 2014 establishments in Rajasthan Jhalawar district {{India-dam-stub