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| subdivision_name2 = [[Jharkhand]]
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| source1_location = Sultana village, [[Hazaribagh district]], [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]], [[Jharkhand]]
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The '''Konar River''' is a tributary of [[Damodar River]] in [[Hazaribagh district|Hazaribagh]] and [[Bokaro district|Bokaro]] districts of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]].

==Course==
The Konar originates near Sultana village on the Hazaribagh-Chatra Road.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jharkhandforest.com/files/Hazaribagh_Introduction.pdf |title = The Hazaribagh district |access-date = 2010-04-29 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141028111157/http://www.jharkhandforest.com/files/Hazaribagh_Introduction.pdf |archive-date = 28 October 2014 |url-status = dead }}</ref> Thereafter, the Konar with its tributary Siwani drains a greater portion of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau#Hazaribagh plateau|Hazaribagh plateau]], and then descending through the barren wastes of scrub and jungle passes [[Gomia]] to receive the waters of the [[Bokaro River]], shortly before it joins the [[Damodar River]] near [[Jaridih Bazar]] in Bokaro district.<ref name="Lister2009">{{cite book|last=Lister|first=Edward|title=Hazaribagh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ROvfeX34PAC&pg=PA44|access-date=6 June 2012|date=October 2009|publisher=BiblioBazaar|isbn=978-1-115-79277-6|page=9}}</ref>

==Konar Dam==
[[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 and inaugurated 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>

Konar Dam is {{convert|4535|m}} long and {{convert|48.77|m}} high. The reservoir covers an area of {{convert|27.92|km2|mi2}}.<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 = 10 February 2007 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The Konar earth and concrete dam has a catchment area of {{convert|997|km2|mi2}}.<ref>{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC&q=Konar+River&pg=PA394 | title = Hydrology and Water Resources of India By Sharad K. Jain, Pushpendra K. Agarwal, Vijay P. Singh | date = 16 May 2007 |publisher =googlebooks | isbn = 9781402051807 |access-date = 2010-04-17 }}</ref>

==Bokaro barrage==
There is a barrage across the Konar River at the point of its confluence with the Bokaro River to serve [[Bokaro Thermal Power Station B]].<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.apfm.info/publications/casestudies/cs_india_full.pdf | title = Integrated Flood Management| work= Flood Management – Damodar River Basin |publisher = World Metereological Organisation | access-date = 2010-05-03 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Damodar Valley}}
{{Hydrography of Jharkhand}}

[[Category:Rivers of Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]

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