Masanjore Dam Reservoir
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Jharkhand /
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World / India / Jharkhand / Dumka
lake, reservoir, dam
The reservoir has an area of 16,650 acres (67.4 km²) when full and has a storage capacity of 500,000 acre feet (600,000,000 m3),on the Mayurakshi River, Dumka, Jharkhand.
Massanjore dam, across the Mayurakshi River, is in Dumka district of Jharkhand State. Built with Candian aid, it is also called Canada Dam or Pearson Dam. It was commissioned in 1956.
The dam is 155 feet high from its base and is 2170 feet long. The reservoir has an area of 16,650 acres when full and has a storage capacity of 500,000 acre feet. Apart from the Massanjore Dam there is a barrage at Tilpara, near Siuri. The barrage is 1,013 feet long.
Massanjore dam, across the Mayurakshi River, is in Dumka district of Jharkhand State. Built with Candian aid, it is also called Canada Dam or Pearson Dam. It was commissioned in 1956.
The dam is 155 feet high from its base and is 2170 feet long. The reservoir has an area of 16,650 acres when full and has a storage capacity of 500,000 acre feet. Apart from the Massanjore Dam there is a barrage at Tilpara, near Siuri. The barrage is 1,013 feet long.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayurakshi_River#Massanjore_Dam
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Coordinates: 24°9'16"N 87°17'3"E
- Sidhu Kanhu Boating Park 10 km
- Bankibera Dam 11 km
- Digol bandh 15 km
- Kairabuni Dam 15 km
- Dumra Bandh 24 km
- Bhanga Dighi 52 km
- Sibogramer Dighi 55 km
- Munde Lake,Birbhum 60 km
- Sadpur 66 km
- Suhu Dighi 66 km
- Island of massannjore Dam 5.2 km
- Recreation park 5.9 km
- Massanjore Dam 5.9 km
- Picnic spot 6 km
- Mouth of Mayurakshi river 6.2 km
- Massanjore coloney 6.8 km
- Bermashiya 9 km
- hathiyapathar,dumka 11 km
- Hills of Sadipur 12 km
- Laal Baba Ashram 12 km
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