Karapuzha Dam

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{{Infobox dam

| name = Karapuzha Dam

| name_official = Karapuzha Dam

| image = Karappuzha Dam.JPG

| image_size =

| image_caption = Upstream face of the dam

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| location_map = India#India Kerala#India Karnataka#India Tamil Nadu

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| coordinates = {{coord|11|37|03.13|N|76|10|19.34|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| country = India

| location = Wayanad, Kerala

| purpose = Irrigation

| status = O

| construction_began = {{start date and age|1977}}

| opening = {{start date and age|2004}}

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| dam_type = Embankment, earth-fill

| dam_height = {{Convert|28|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

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| dam_length = {{Convert|625|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

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| dam_crosses = Karapuzha River

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| spillway_type = Ogee, radial gate-controlled

| spillway_capacity = {{Convert|969|m3/s|ft3/s|0|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=National Register of Large Dams - 2009 (India) |url=http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |publisher=Dam Safety Organization of the States |access-date=11 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}

| res_name =

| res_capacity_total = {{Convert|76500000|m3|acre.ft|0|abbr=on}}

| res_capacity_active = {{Convert|72000000|m3|acre.ft|0|abbr=on}}

| res_capacity_inactive= {{Convert|4,500,000|m3|acre.ft|0|abbr=on}}

| res_catchment =

| res_surface = {{Convert|8.55|km2|mi2|0|abbr=on}}

| res_elevation = {{Convert|763|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

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Karapuzha Dam located in the Wayanad district of Kerala, Karapuzha Dam is located in the greenish and natural regions of Wayanad, Kerala on the Karapuzha River, a tributary of the Kabini River. Construction on the dam began in 1977 and it was complete in 2004. The purpose of the dam is irrigation and it left and right bank canals are still under construction.{{cite web|title=Water Resources - Karapuzha Irrigation Project|url=http://www.wyd.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86:water-resources&catid=25:mainmenu&Itemid=60|publisher=Kerala Government|access-date=6 March 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103823/http://www.wyd.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86:water-resources&catid=25:mainmenu&Itemid=60|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=KARAPUZHA IRRIGATION PROJECT|url=http://www.irrigation.kerala.gov.in/pjt_&_pgm/Karapuzha.php|publisher=Dept. of Irrigation, Kerala Govt}}