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{{Infobox dam
| name = Konar Dam
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| image = Konar Damm Indien.jpg
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| image_caption = Konar Dam
| image_alt = Konar Dam
| location_map = India Jharkhand
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| location_map_caption = Location of Konar Dam (marked in red) in Jharkhand
| coordinates = {{coord|23|56|28|N|85|46|30|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| country =
| location = [[Hazaribagh District]], [[Jharkhand]], [[India]]
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| opening = 15 October 1955
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| dam_height = {{convert|48.77|m}}
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| dam_crosses = [[Konar River]]
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| res_surface = 27.92 sq Km
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| plant_operator = [[Damodar Valley Corporation]]
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'''Konar Dam''' is the second of the four multi-purpose dams included in the first phase of the [[Damodar Valley Corporation]]. It was constructed across the [[Konar River]], a tributary of the [[Damodar River]] in [[Hazaribagh district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]] and opened in 1955.<ref name=india9>{{cite web|url = http://www.india9.com/i9show/Konar-Dam-56477.htm | title = Konar Dam |publisher =india9.com |access-date = 2010-04-17 }}</ref> The place has been developed as a recreational spot.<ref name=book_kishore>{{cite book|last=Dr. B.R. Kishore|first=Dr. Shiv Sharma|title=India - A Travel Guide|year=2008|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd|isbn=9788128400674|pages=302|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=COHI7LlpkSAC&q=harihar+dham&pg=PA301}}</ref>

==Geography==
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===Location===
Konar Dam is located at {{coord|23|56|28|N|85|46|30|E|type:landmark|display=inline}}.

Konar Dam is {{convert|4535|m}} long and {{convert|48.77|m}} high. When full, the reservoir covers an area of 27.92 km2.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dvcindia.org |title = DVC |work = Konar |publisher = DVC |access-date = 2010-04-17 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070210232841/http://www.dvcindia.org/ |archive-date = 2007-02-10 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The dam maintained and operated by DVC has an effective storage of 176 MCM (million cubic meters) or 6.2 Tmcft<ref>Central Water commission New Delhi, National Register of Large Dams, 2019 Ed, Project code:JH05HH0005</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==DVC overview==
[[File:Survey party at work near the Konar Dam site in 1949.jpg|thumb|300px|Survey work at Konar Dam site in 1949]]
[[File:Damodar Map.jpg|thumb|300px|Damodar Basin]]
As a result of the catastrophic flood of 1943, the Governor of Bengal appointed the Damodar Flood enquiry committee to suggest remedial measures.[[Damodar Valley Corporation]] came into existence in 1948 for development and management of the basin as a whole. Voorduin envisaged the construction of eight dams and a barrage, but it was later decided to have only four dams, at [[Tilaiya]], Konar, [[Maithon]] and [[Panchet]], and [[Durgapur Barrage]].<ref name=jain>{{cite book|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC&q=Panchet+Dam&pg=PA395| title = Hydrology and Water Resources of India|author1=Sharad K. Jain|author2=Pushpendra K. Agarwal |author3=Vijay P. Singh|work= p. 395| date = 16 May 2007| publisher = Springer| isbn = 9781402051807|access-date = 2010-06-06 }}</ref>

The first dam was built across the [[Barakar River]] at Tilaiya and inaugurated in 1953. The second dam across the [[Konar River]] was inaugurated in 1955. The third dam across the Barakar at Maithon was inaugurated in 1957. The fourth dam across the Damodar at Panchet was inaugurated in 1959.<ref name=dvc1>{{cite web|url =http://www.dvc.gov.in/activitiesdamsbarrages.htm|title =Damodar Valley Corporation|work =Dams and Barrages|publisher =DVC|access-date =2010-06-06|url-status =dead|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100429025712/http://www.dvc.gov.in/activitiesdamsbarrages.htm |archive-date =2010-04-29 }}</ref>

==Transport==
Konar Dam is located {{convert|41|km}} south-east of [[Hazaribagh]].<ref name=india9/>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Konar Dam}}
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{{Hydrography of Jharkhand}}
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[[Category:Dams in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Hazaribagh district]]
[[Category:1955 establishments in Bihar]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1955]]
[[Category:20th-century architecture in India]]

Konar Dam - Revision history

DarellBabcock5 at 16:38, 17 November 2025