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| name = Madikheda Dam<br />
| image = Madikheda Dam.JPG<br />
| image_caption = View of Madikheda Dam from down stream<br />
| name_official = Madikheda (Mohini Sagar) Dam<br />
| dam_crosses = [[Sindh River]]<br />
| res_name = Madikheda Reservoir<br />
| location = [[Madikheda]], [[Shivpuri|Shivpuri District]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
| operator = Water Resources Department, [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
| dam_length = 1070 m<br />
| dam_height = 62 m<br />
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| construction_began = 1978<br />
| opening = 2008<br />
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'''Madikheda Dam''' is a multi-purpose [[dam]] situated in [[Shivpuri]] district in [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]. Before independence village of Madikheda was under the chiefs of Raipur Dhamkan a seat of Thakur who comes from Pawaiya Chauhan clan. Chauhans of Raipur were dominating chiefs of former Narwar zila. Thakur sahib Shree Niranjan singhji Pawaiya was the last Chief of Raipur Dhamkan succeeded by his son Shree Parikshit singhji, Later Shree Parikshit singhji settled madikheda and became first chieftain or Pradhan of Madikheda along with some other villages of the Raipur Dhamkan. He issued two sons Shree Pran singhji and Shree Jihan singhji. Thakur sahib Lambardar Shree Jihan singhji Pawaiya was the last pradhan or chieftain of Madikheda. the former village of Madikheda was affected by dam project on Sindh river with 12 other villages on the bank of river in 1975 -1977.<br />
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==Specification==<br />
*Length of Dam - 1070 meter<ref name="wris">{{cite web |title=Madikheda (Mohini Sagar ) Dam |url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Madikheda(Mohini_Sagar)_Dam_D02491 |publisher=India-WRIS |accessdate=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803163820/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Madikheda(Mohini_Sagar)_Dam_D02491 |archive-date=3 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
*Length of spillway - 176.50 meter<br />
*Full Reservoir Level - 346.25 meter<br />
*Maximum Water Level - 346.85 meter<br />
* Catchment area - 5540&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup><br />
*Submergence area - 5672.91 ha<br />
* Villages affected - 13<br />
*Dam height - 62 m<br />
*No. of gates - 10<br />
*Year of start - 1978<br />
*Project benefits<br />
**Culturable command area - 98.25 th.ha<br />
**Ultimate potential - 162.0 th. ha<br />
**Districts benefitted - [[Gwalior]], [[Shivpuri]], [[Datia]], [[Bhind]]<br />
*Hydro power - '''60 MW''' (20x3)<br />
*Year of completion - 2008<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{stack|{{Portal|Water|Renewable energy}}}}<br />
*[[River Basins in Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
*[[:Category:Dams in Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Hydrography of Madhya Pradesh}}<br />
{{Power Plants of Madhya Pradesh}}<br />
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Local sources and Archeological surveys of India .<br />
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[[Category:Dams in Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Hydroelectric power stations in Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Shivpuri district]]<br />
[[Category:Dams completed in 2008]]<br />
[[Category:2008 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
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{{India-dam-stub}}<br />
{{India-powerstation-stub}}</div>
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