Dams in Andhra Pradesh

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#	Name	Purpose	River	Nearest City	District	Basin	Status	Completion Year	Type	Length (m)	Max Height above Foundation (m)
1	Ahobilam / Penna Ahobilam (Dr. K.S.P.A.B.R.) Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Pennar	Rayadurg	Anantapur	Pennar	Completed	1994	Earthen	2060	46
2	Akkapalem Dam	Irrigation		Tiruvuru	Krishna	Krishna			Earthen	433	11.1
3	Alaganoor Dam			Nandikotkur	Kurnool	Pennar			-
4	Ananthasagarm Dam	Irrigation	Pennar	Atmakur	Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore	Pennar			Earthen	3500	14
5	Andhra Dam	Irrigation	Champavathi	Gajapatinagaram	Vizianagaram	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1998	Earthen	1890	22
6	Arniar Dam	Irrigation	Araniar	Satyavedu	Chittoor	East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari	Completed	1958	Earthen	3600	15
7	Bahuda Dam	Irrigation	Bahuda	Madanapalle	Chittoor	Pennar	Completed	1974	Earthen	792.48	31.77
8	Bhairavanithippa Dam	Irrigation	Pedda Hagari(Vedavathi) River	Rayadurg	Anantapur	Krishna	Completed	1961	Earthen	2235	20
9	Bhupathipalem Dam	Irrigation	Seethapallivagu	Rampa Chodavaram	East Godavari	Godavari	Completed		-	748
10	Buggavagu Dam	Irrigation	Buggavagu	Guruzala	Guntur	Krishna	Completed	1961	Earthen	2576	31
11	Buggavanka Dam	Irrigation	Buggavanka	Cuddapah	Y.S.R.	Pennar	Completed	1998	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	2060	26
12	Bukkapatnam Dam	Irrigation		Penukonda	Anantapur	Pennar	Completed	1975	Earthen	6017	14
13	Chagallu Barrage Dam	Irrigation	Pennar	Tadpatri	Anantapur	Pennar	Under Construction		Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	291.5	21.43
14	Cheyyeru / Annamayya Dam	Irrigation	Cheyyeru	Rajampet	Y.S.R.	Pennar	Completed	2003	Earthen	409	25
15	Chinnarayaswamy Gudi /Chennaraya Dam	Irrigation	Papagni	Kadiri	Anantapur	Pennar	Completed	1969	Earthen	465	15
16	Chintakuntavagu Dam	Irrigation	Local Stream	Jammalamadugu	Y.S.R.	Pennar			Earthen	285	13
17	Chitravathi Dam	Irrigation	Chitravathi	Pulivendla	Y.S.R.	Pennar			Earthen
18	Cumbum Dam	Irrigation	Gundlakamma & Jampaleru	Giddalur	Prakasam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed		Earthen	295.65	15.38
19	Dharmavaram Dam	Irrigation		Dharmavaram	Anantapur	Pennar			Earthen	6393	11
20	Donkarai ( S.H.E.S)	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Sileru	Malakanagiri	Malkangiri	Godavari	Completed	1983	Gravity & Masonry	1398	71
21	Eguva Thamballa Palli - Cheruvu Dam			Badvel	Y.S.R.	Pennar			-
22	Forebay Lower Sileru ( S.H.E.S) Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Sileru	Bhadrachalam	Khammam	Godavari	Completed	1978	Earthen	548	67
23	Gajuladinne (Sanjeevaiah Sagar) Dam	Irrigation	Handri	Pattikonda	Kurnool	Krishna	Completed	1979	Earthen	4400	19
24	Gandicheruvu (Dist-Prakasam) Dam	Irrigation		Markapur	Prakasam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar			Earthen	240	26.69
25	Gandipalem /Pcr Gandipalem Dam	Irrigation	Pillaperu	Udayagiri	Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1981	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	388	21
26	Ghambiramgedda Dam	Irrigation	Gambhiramgedda	Bhimunipatnam	Visakhapatnam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1957	Earthen	369	13
27	Gooty Tank	Irrigation			Anantapur	Pennar	Proposed		Earthen
28	Gorakallu Dam	Irrigation	Mallama selavagu	Nandyal	Kurnool	Pennar	Under Construction		Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1731	48.5
29	Gundlakamma Dam	Irrigation	Gundlakamma	Addanki	Prakasam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar			-
30	Gundlamotu Dam	Irrigation		Giddalur	Prakasam	Pennar			Earthen	605	16
31	Guntawada Main Dam		Sileru	Chintapalle	Visakhapatnam	Godavari	Completed		-
32	Haresamudram Big Dam	Irrigation		Madakasira	Anantapur	Pennar			Earthen	1264	10
33	Hiramandalam Dam	Irrigation	Vamsadhara	Pathapatnam	Srikakulam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Under Construction		Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	7018	42.74
34	Jajigedda Dam			Narsipatnam	Visakhapatnam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar			-
35	Jalakanur Dam	Irrigation	Bodivagu	Nandikotkur	Kurnool	Pennar	Completed	1981	Earthen	7200	10.51
36	Jalleru Dam	Irrigation	Jalleru	Polavaram	West Godavari	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1992	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1790	31.42
37	Jhanjhavathi / Janjavathi Dam	Irrigation	Svarnamukhi Gomula	Parvathipuram	Vizianagaram	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed		Earthen	4370	34
38	Kakarla Dam	Irrigation	Peddavagu		Prakasam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Under Construction		-
39	Kalangi Dam	Irrigation	Kalangi	Sri Kalahasti	Chittoor	East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari	Completed	1960	Earthen	3977	18
40	Kalinga Dal Dam			Sompeta	Srikakulam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar			-
41	Kalyani Dam	Irrigation	Kalyani	Chandragiri	Chittoor	East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari	Completed	1977	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	500	36
42	Kampasamudram New Dam	Irrigation	Pennar	Udayagiri	Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore	Pennar			Earthen	1830	11.2
43	Kandaleru /Kandaleru Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Kandleru	Rapur	Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore	East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari	Completed	1995	Earthen	10752	49
44	Kanelal Tank	Irrigation			Anantapur	Krishna	Proposed		Earthen
45	Kanigiri Dam	Irrigation	Duvvuru Canal	Kovvur	Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore	Pennar	Completed		Earthen	10000	10.278
46	Konam Dam	Irrigation	Pedol	Chodavaram	Visakhapatnam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1980	Earthen	339	23
47	Kovvadakalva Dam	Irrigation	Kovvada kalva	Polavaram	West Godavari	Godavari	Completed	2004	Earthen	1630	22.04
48	Krishnapuram (Chittor) Dam	Irrigation	Kaulasthali	Puttur	Chittoor	East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari	Completed	1981	Earthen	488	21
49	Kumili Dam	Irrigation	Champavathi	Puspatirega	Vizianagaram	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	2012	-	9243	21.5
50	Kushavathi Dam	Irrigation	Khushavathi	Rayachoti	Y.S.R.	Pennar			Earthen	1030	17.47
51	Lower Sagileru Dam	Irrigation	Sagileru	Badvel	Y.S.R.	Pennar	Completed	1959	Earthen	1905	22.91
52	Madakasira Dam	Irrigation		Madakasira	Anantapur	Pennar			Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	686	12
53	Maddigedda Dam	Irrigation	Janjhavathi	Ellavaram	East Godavari	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1981	Earthen	862	27
54	Madduvalasa Dam	Irrigation	Maddigedda/Suvarnamukhi tributary of Nagavali	Palakonda	Srikakulam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	2002	Earthen	2320	16
55	Mallimadugu Dam	Irrigation	Konakalva and Rallakalva	Chandragiri	Chittoor	East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari	Completed	1959	Earthen	1334	15
56	Marala Dam	Irrigation		Penukonda	Anantapur	Pennar	Under Construction		Earthen	624	13.8
57	Matchukota Balancing Reservoir	Irrigation			Anantapur	Pennar	Proposed		Earthen
58	Midpennar Stage-I/Mid-Pennar Dam	Irrigation	Pennar	Anantapur	Anantapur	Pennar	Completed	1968	Earthen	1175	43
59	Mopadu Dam	Irrigation	Manneru	Kanigiri	Prakasam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1921	Earthen	2630	28
60	Muraripalli / Mararipalli Dam	Irrigation	Krishna	Markapur	Prakasam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1975	Earthen	732	18.68
61	Musurumilli /Musurmilli Dam	Irrigation	Seethapallivagu	Rampa Chodavaram	East Godavari	Godavari	Under Construction		Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1040	33
62	Mylavaram Dam	Irrigation	Pennar	Jammalamadugu	Y.S.R.	Pennar	Completed	1983	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	2850	24
63	N.T.R. , Thatiparthi(V), Madugula (M) Dam	Irrigation		Chodavaram	Visakhapatnam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Under Construction		Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1317	24.51
64	Nagurur Dam	Irrigation		Alur	Kurnool	Krishna	Completed	1971	Earthen	800	28.05
65	Nakkalagandi Dam	Irrigation	Uppuvagu	Udayagiri	Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1958	Earthen	354	15
66	Narayanapuram Dam	Irrigation	Nagavali	Palakonda	Srikakulam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar			-
67	Nellore Dam	Irrigation	Pennar	Nellore	Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore	Pennar	Completed		-	621.71
68	P.T.Cheruvu	Irrigation			Anantapur	Pennar	Completed		Earthen
69	Paleru ,Owk Dam	Irrigation	Paleru	Banganapalle	Kurnool	Pennar	Completed	1946	Earthen	622	10.15
70	Pampa Dam	Irrigation	Pampa	Prathipadu	East Godavari	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1969	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1128	15
71	Panthulu Cheruvu Dam	Irrigation		Kadiri	Anantapur	Pennar			Earthen	923	12
72	Paya Cheruvu Dam	Irrigation		Punganuru	Chittoor	Pennar			Earthen	200	14
73	Pedaballi Dam	Irrigation		Kadiri	Anantapur	Pennar	Completed	2000	Earthen	149	12
74	Pedda Cheruvu , Nagasamudram Dam	Irrigation		Dharmavaram	Anantapur	Pennar	Completed	1975	Earthen	1295.68	14
75	Pedda Rayala Cheruvu Dam	Irrigation		Punganuru	Chittoor	East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari			Earthen	800	12
76	Pedda Tippa Samudram Dam	Irrigation		Madanapalle	Chittoor	Pennar			Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1550	15.39
77	Peddabadava, Tulasikrishan Dam	Irrigation	Peddabadava	Sri Kalahasti	Chittoor	East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari			Earthen	571	10.74
78	Peddagedda Dam	Irrigation	Peddagedda	Salur	Vizianagaram	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	2007	Earthen	2430	24
79	Peddayetivanka, Annupal Dam	Irrigation	Peddayetivanka	Puttur	Chittoor	East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari			Earthen	235	12.11
80	Pedderu Dam	Irrigation	Pedderu	Madanapalle	Chittoor	Pennar	Completed	1980	Earthen	590	35
81	Pendekallu	Irrigation			Anantapur	Pennar	Proposed		-
82	Pendlur Dam	Irrigation		Pulivendla	Y.S.R.	Pennar	Completed	1998	Earthen	1045	10.6
83	Peruru Dam	Irrigation		Chandragiri	Chittoor	East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari			Earthen	2520	10
84	Pincha Dam	Irrigation	Pincha	Rayachoti	Y.S.R.	Pennar	Completed	1960	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	486	21
85	Pittakayagulla Dam	Irrigation	Vemuluri Stream	Giddalur	Prakasam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1978	Earthen		12.5
86	Polavaram Dam		Godavari		East Godavari	Godavari	Under Construction		-	2454	45
87	Pulichintala	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Krishna	Huzurnagar	Nalgonda	Krishna	Completed		-	934	36.64
88	Raiwada Dam	Irrigation	Sarada	Chodavaram	Visakhapatnam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1981	Earthen	5750	28
89	Rallapadu Dam	Irrigation	Manneru	Kandukur	Prakasam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1958	Earthen	2951	13.85
90	Ramathirtham Dam			Ongole	Prakasam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Under Construction		-
91	Rayalacheruvu Dam	Irrigation	Pennar	Tadpatri	Anantapur	Pennar			Earthen	920	10
92	SPVBS Dam	Irrigation	Pennar		Y.s.r.	Pennar	Completed		-
93	Sadasivakona Dam	Irrigation	Sadasivakona	Sri Kalahasti	Chittoor	East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari	Completed	1979	Earthen	619	14.03
94	Sancherla Dam	Irrigation		Badvel	Y.S.R.	Pennar	Completed	2000	Earthen	500	12
95	Sankarayalapeta Dam	Irrigation		Punganuru	Chittoor	East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari			Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	2000	13
96	Savisettipalli Dam	Irrigation		Badvel	Y.S.R.	Pennar	Completed	1985	Earthen	200	12
97	Seethai Cheru, Seethaipally Dam	Irrigation	Godavari	Addanki	Prakasam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar		1922	Earthen	1020	11
98	Siddalagandi Dam	Irrigation	Talakona	Vayalpad	Chittoor	Pennar	Completed	1959	Earthen	1795	12
99	Somasila Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation,	Pennar	Atmakur	Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore	Pennar	Completed	1986	-	352	39
100	Sreerangarayani Cheruvu Dam	Irrigation		Anantapur	Anantapur	Pennar			Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	2378.76	11.708
101	Sri Subbaraya Sagar	Irrigation			Anantapur	Pennar	Proposed		-
102	Sri Tenneti Viswanatham Pedderu Dam	Irrigation	Pedderu	Kurnool	Visakhapatnam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	2006	-	900	31
103	Surampalem Dam	Irrigation	Burada Kalva	Ellavaram	East Godavari	Godavari	Completed		-
104	T.Sundupalli Dam	Irrigation		Badvel	Y.S.R.	Pennar			Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1100	10
105	Tajangi , Tajangi(V) Dam	Irrigation		Chintapalle	Visakhapatnam	Godavari			Earthen	220	17.3
106	Thadukuvagu Dam	Irrigation		Badvel	Y.S.R.	Pennar	Completed	1982	Earthen	900	12.2
107	Thammileru Dam	Irrigation	Thammileru	Tiruvuru	Krishna	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1980	Earthen	6400	23.25
108	Thandava(Sri Raja Sagi Suryanarayana Raju (Srssr)	Irrigation	Thandava	Narsipatnam	Visakhapatnam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1974	Earthen	201	32.7
109	Thatipudi Dam	Irrigation	Gosthani	Srungavarapukota	Vizianagaram	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1968	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	585	37
110	Thippayapalem Dam	Irrigation	-	Markapur	Prakasam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1938	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry		10
111	Turimella Reservoir Dam	Irrigation			Prakasam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Proposed		-
112	Upper Pennar Dam	Irrigation	Pennar	Dharmavaram	Anantapur	Pennar	Completed	1959	Earthen	3505	16.74
113	Urakagedda , Sankaram (V), Madugula(M) Dam	Irrigation		Paderu	Visakhapatnam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Under Construction		Earthen	515	25
114	Vanaka Badigedda Dam		Vanaka Badigedda	Parvathipuram	Vizianagaram	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Under Construction		Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	630	13
115	Varadaraja Swamy Gudi Dam	Irrigation	Munimadugulavagu	Atmakur	Kurnool	Krishna	Completed	2000	Earthen	588	22
116	Varaha Dam	Irrigation	Varaha	Chodavaram	Visakhapatnam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1975	Earthen	1652	25
117	Varikunta Dam	Irrigation		Badvel	Y.S.R.	Pennar	Completed	1997	Earthen	1156	15.1
118	Veligallu Dam	Irrigation	Papagni	Rayachoti	Y.S.R.	Pennar	Completed		Gravity & Masonry	810	45
119	Veligonda Dam	Irrigation	Krishna	Markapur	Prakasam	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar			Earthen
120	Velugodu Dam		Pennar	Atmakur	Kurnool	Pennar	Completed		-	11640	28
121	Vengalaraya Sagar Dam	Irrigation	Suvrnamukhi	Salur	Vizianagaram	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1988	Earthen	1765	21
122	Vottigadda Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Nagavalli	Parvathipuram	Vizianagaram	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1976	Earthen	2152	27
123	Vyasasamudram Dam	Irrigation		Madanapalle	Chittoor	Pennar	Completed	1974	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	840	11.29
124	Y.T.Cheruvu Dam	Irrigation		Gooty	Anantapur	Pennar			Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	2078	10
125	Yeddula Eswaraiah GandiKoata Dam		Pennar	Jammalamadugu	Y.S.R.	Pennar	Completed		Gravity & Masonry	325	38
126	Yeleru Dam	Irrigation,Drinking / Water Supply	Eleru	Ellavaram	East Godavari	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1991	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	2544	43
127	Yerrakalva Dam	Irrigation	Yerrakalva	Chintalapudi	West Godavari	East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	Completed	1988	Earthen	2700	19.79
128	Yogivemana Dam	Irrigation	Maddeleru River	Kadiri	Anantapur	Pennar	Completed	2001	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	570	29.46
129	Zurreru Dam	Irrigation	Zurreru	Banganapalle	Kurnool	Pennar	Completed	1963	Earthen	677	16

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