Sunkesula Barrage

{{short description|Barrage in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox dam

| name = Sunkesula Barrage

| name_official = Tungabhadra Barrage

| image = Sunkesula Barrage.jpg

| image_caption =

| location_map = India Andhra Pradesh

| location_map_size = 200px

| location_map_caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|15|52|57|N|77|49|38|E|type:landmark_region:IN-AP|display=inline,title}}

| country = India

| location = Kurnool, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh && Rajoli, Jogulamba Gadwal district, Telangana

| construction_began = {{start date|1858}}

| opening = {{start date|1861}}

| owner = Government of Andhra Pradesh

| purpose = Irrigation & Water supply

| dam_type = Barrage

| dam_crosses = Tungabhadra River

| dam_length = {{Convert|1,300|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| dam_height = {{Convert|163|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| dam_width_base =

| spillway_count = 30

| spillway_type = Controlled

| spillway_capacity = 2,08,363 cumecs

| res_name = Sunkesula Reservoir

| res_capacity_total = 1.25 Tmcft

| res_catchment = {{Convert|172|km2|abbr=on}}

| res_surface = {{Convert|60.32|km2|abbr=on}}

| res_max_depth =

| plant_operator =

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| website = {{URL|https://irrigationap.cgg.gov.in/wrd/dashBoard}}

}}

Sunkesula is one of the largest barrages across the Tungabhadra River in Kurnool district,{{cite web |url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Sunkesula_Barrage_B01016|title= Sunkesula_Barrage_B01016 |accessdate=23 December 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/31/stories/2009103151440300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231140859/http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/31/stories/2009103151440300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-12-31|work=The Hindu|date=2009-10-31|title=CII to adopt Sunkesula village}} Andhra Pradesh, India.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/07/stories/2009100756260400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010030106/http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/07/stories/2009100756260400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-10-10|work=The Hindu|date=2009-10-07|title=Sunkesula barrage suffers extensive damage}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/02/stories/2009100253730400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918013956/http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/02/stories/2009100253730400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-09-18|work=The Hindu|date=2009-10-02|title=Sunkesula in peril}} It was built in 1861, during the British raj, for transporting goods on the K. C. Canal.