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{{Infobox river
| name = Dwarka River
| name_native = দ্বারকা
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| name_other = Babla River
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[India]]
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jharkhand]], [[West Bengal]]
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| subdivision_type4 = District
| subdivision_name4 = [[Birbhum]], [[Murshidabad]]
| subdivision_type5 = Cities
| subdivision_name5 = [[Chondrapur]], [[Deucha]], [[Tarapith]]

| length = {{convert|156.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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The '''Dwarka River''' (also called Babla) is a tributary of [[Hooghly River|Bhagirathi]].

==Course==
The Dwaraka originates in [[Santhal Parganas]] in [[Jharkhand]], flows through [[Deucha]], and then through [[Mayureswar]] and [[Rampurhat]] police station areas of [[Birbhum district]]. It finally flows through [[Murshidabad district]], where it joins the [[Hooghly River|Bhagirathi]].<ref>O'Malley, L.S.S., ICS, ''Birbhum'', ''Bengal District Gazetteers'', p. 5, 1995 reprint, Government of West Bengal</ref> Total length of Dwarka river is 156.5 km.
[[File:Dwaraka_river.jpg|thumb|Dwaraka river in Murshidabad District]]

Though a moderate river, it has several names and many small tributaries and estuaries. It flows through Kandi subdivision and near Kalyanpur ([[Murshidabad]]) this river merged with Bhagirathi.<ref>[[Anandabazar Patrika]], www.anandabazar.com/district/nodia-murshidabbad/river-water-and-their-mingling-eyes-for-present-condition-1.418674</ref> Its many backwaters and side channels also connect with the [[Hooghly River|Bhagirathi]]. It is a hill stream with beds full of pebbles and yellow clay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://murshidabad.gov.in/people.htm |title=Murshidabad |access-date=2009-08-19 |publisher=District administration |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305203942/http://murshidabad.gov.in/people.htm |archive-date=2009-03-05 }}</ref>

==Deucha barrage==
A [[barrage (dam)|barrage]] at [[Deucha]] on the Dwarka river has a capacity of {{convert|1400|acre.ft|m3|order=flip|lk=out}}.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://wbplan.gov.in/htm/HumanDev/docs/DHDR_Birbhum/CHP-5.pdf | title =Poverty and Vulnerability | access-date =2010-06-15 | work =Vulnerability due to flood | publisher =Human Development Report: Birbhum | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100807000051/http://wbplan.gov.in/htm/humandev/docs/DHDR_Birbhum/CHP-5.pdf | archive-date =2010-08-07 | url-status =dead }}</ref> It is on the west side of [[National Highway (India)|NH 60]], in [[Birbhum district]] .

==See also==
{{portal|Environment|Ecology}}
[[List of rivers of India]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

{{Hydrography of Jharkhand}}
{{Rivers in and around Bengal}}

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[[Category:Rivers of Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Rivers of West Bengal]]

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Dwarka River - Revision history

Kamal Guha at 04:50, 13 July 2023