Sarju Sagar Dam

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| name = Sarju Sagar Dam
सरजू सागर बांध

| name_official = Kot Dam or Kot Bandh

| image = Aerial View of Sarju Sagar Dam, UDW, August 2018.png

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| location_map = India Rajasthan#India

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| coordinates = {{coord|27|39|2|N|75|25|10|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| country = India

| location = Kot, Jhunjhunu

| purpose = Water Storage, Irrigation

| status = O

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| opening = {{Start date and age|1924}}

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| dam_type = Masonry with embankment main sections

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| dam_height = {{Convert|7.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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Sarju Sagar Dam also known as Kot Dam is a dam across the Shakambhari Hills. It is situated 13 kilometres from Udaipurwati town in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, India.{{cite web |url=https://www.shrimadhopur.com/directory/government/dams-ponds/661-kot-dam-udaipurwati | title=Kot Dam |accessdate=2018-09-08 }} The dam was constructed between 1923 and 1924 for the purposes of Irrigation and Water Storage.{{cite news |title=Sarju Sagar Dam - Jhunjhunu Edition |url=http://epaper.patrika.com/c/30587507 |accessdate=8 September 2018}}{{cite news |title=कोट बांध में 4 फीट पानी और आया |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/udaipurwati/news/RAJ-OTH-MAT-latest-udaipurwati-news-053002-382858-NOR.html |accessdate=8 September 2018 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi}}

A river flows from it that's name is "Saptrupi river" , this flows from Kot dam to udaipurwati

Gallery

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| File:Aerial View of Sarju Sagar Dam, August 2018.png | Aerial View of Dam.

| File:Aerial View of Sarju Sagar Dam, Kot, August 2018.png | Aerial View of Dam.

| File:Aerial View of Sarju Sagar Dam, Udaipurwati, August 2018.png | Aerial View of Dam.

| File:Aerial View of Sarju Sagar Dam, Jhunjhunu, August 2018.png | Water Storage inside the Dam.

| File:Aerial View of Sarju Sagar Dam, JJN, August 2018.png | Front View of Dam from Position 1

| File:Aerial View of Sarju Sagar Dam, Kot, Jhunjhunu, August 2018.png | Front View of Dam from Position 2

| File:A_panoramic_view_around_the_Sarju_Sagar_Dam,_August_2019.jpg| A panoramic view looking 180 degrees around the Sarju Sagar Dam in 2019

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Nearest places

  • Shakmbhri Mata mandir, Shakmbhri, Jhunjhunu
  • Dhabkyari Balaji, Kot
  • D.D. Market, Kot
  • [https://sachin-general-store.business.site/ Sachin general Store]
  • Bhargaw CSC centre
  • Bhargaw e- Mitra

References

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