Dams in Karnataka

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#	Name	Purpose	River	Nearest City	District	Basin	Status	Completion Year	Type	Length (m)	Max Height above Foundation (m)
1	Aheri - Jumbagi Dam	Irrigation	Aheri-jumbagi	Bijapur	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1989	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1018	10.59
2	Aigali Dam	Irrigation	Hirehalla River	Athni	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1969	Earthen	526.5	15.66
3	Alalur Dam	Irrigation	Lakshmanathirtha	Piriyapatna	Mysore	Cauvery	Completed	1983	Gravity & Masonry	939.6	17.41
4	Albur Kere Dam			Tiptur	Tumkur	Cauvery			-
5	Almatti Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Krishna	Basavana Bagevadi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	2000	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1564.83	52.24
6	Amarja Dam	Irrigation	Amarja	Aland	Gulbarga	Krishna	Completed	1998	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	960	31.85
7	Ambadaga Dam	Irrigation	Tatti halla	Haliyal	Uttara Kannada	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	1972	Earthen	185.9	18.3
8	Ambligola Dam	Irrigation	Vrushbhavathi	Sagar	Shimoga	Krishna	Completed	1964	Earthen	881	20.77
9	Anjanapura Dam	Irrigation	Kumudavathy	Shikarpur	Shimoga	Krishna	Completed	1936	Earthen	1600	21.33
10	Ankamanhal Dam	Irrigation	Krishna /T.Bhadra	Sandur	Bellary	Krishna	Completed	1988	Earthen	278	21.29
11	Appenahalli Dam	Irrigation	Krishna /T.Bhadra	Kudligi	Bellary	Krishna	Completed	1981	Earthen	525	13.75
12	Aralihalli Dam	Irrigation	Krishna /T.Bhadra	Huvvinahadagalli	Bellary	Krishna	Completed	1983	Earthen	1920	11.86
13	Arbenchi Dam	Irrigation	Arbenchi Nala	Ramdurg	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1980	Earthen	312	17.65
14	Areshankar Dam	Irrigation	Areshankar	Basavana Bagevadi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1957	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1189	19.2
15	Arkavathy Dam	Irrigation	Arkavathy	Kanakapura	Ramanagara	Cauvery	Completed	2004	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	720	29.685
16	Asundinala Dam	Irrigation	Chandrapura Halla	Ranibennur	Haveri	Krishna	Completed	1989	Earthen	1595	15.7
17	Attiveri Dam	Irrigation	Bedthi	Kalghatgi	Dharwad	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	1991	Earthen	773.31	21.43
18	Babaleshwara Dam	Irrigation	Sindi Halla	Sindgi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1961	Earthen	975	12.11
19	Bachanki Dam	Irrigation	Bachanki Nala	Mundgod	Uttara Kannada	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	1974	Earthen	777.24	23.31
20	Balakundi Dam	Irrigation	Balakundi	Hungund	Bagalkot	Krishna	Completed	1979	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1640	14.15
21	Ballasamudra Dam	Irrigation		Hosdurga	Chitradurga	Krishna	Completed	1940	Earthen	785	12
22	Basavapattana Dam	Irrigation	Basavapattana	Mudhol	Bagalkot	Krishna	Completed	1964	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	90	14.16
23	Bavalgaon Dam	Irrigation	Local	Aurad	Bidar	Godavari	Completed	1973	Earthen	389	22.39
24	Beeranahalli Dam	Irrigation	Kal	Chincholi	Gulbarga	Krishna	Completed	1988	Earthen	485	30.02
25	Bellary Dam	Irrigation	Bellary Nalla	Belgaum	Belgaum	Krishna			Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	440.6	36.55
26	Bellikindi Dam	Irrigation	Bellikindi	Badami	Bagalkot	Krishna	Completed	1972	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	457	11.91
27	Bennithora Dam	Irrigation	Bennithora	Chitapur	Gulbarga	Krishna	Completed	2001	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	2340	31.39
28	Bhadra Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Bhadra	Tarikere	Chikmagalur	Krishna	Completed	1965	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1708	76.81
29	Bhairapur Dam	Irrigation	Local Nala Krishna / Malaprabha Sub Basin	Hukeri	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1991	Earthen	600.5	15.3
30	Bharamasagara Doddakere Dam	Irrigation	Kattahalla	Chitradurga	Chitradurga	Krishna	Completed		Earthen	1220	12
31	Bharatagi Dam	Irrigation	Bharatagi	Bijapur	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1975	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1076	13.02
32	Bheemasamudra Dam	Irrigation	Jinigi halla	Chitradurga	Chitradurga	Krishna	Completed		Earthen	840	14.2
33	Bhopalgod Belkone Dam	Irrigation	Local	Aurad	Bidar	Godavari	Completed	1988	Earthen	602	19.72
34	Bhutnal Lake Dam			Bijapur	Bijapur	Krishna			-
35	Bidi Dam	Irrigation	Local Nala Krishna / Malaprabha Sub Basin	Khanapur	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1989	Earthen	580	11.67
36	Biggerahalla Dam	Irrigation	Tungabhadra Basin	Tarikere	Chikmagalur	Krishna	Completed	1986	Earthen	450	15.16
37	Bijawara Dam	Irrigation	Dodda Halla	Madhugiri	Tumkur	Pennar		1906	Earthen	1590	9.1
38	Bommanahalli Dam	Irrigation	Bommanahalli	Bijapur	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1981	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	770	12.7
39	Bommanahalli Pickup Dam	Hydroelectric	Kali	Haliyal	Uttara Kannada	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	1979	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1024.8	30.45
40	Boodikere Dam	Irrigation	Local halla	Shimoga	Shimoga	Krishna	Completed	1950	Earthen	540	12
41	Boranakanive Dam	Irrigation	Suvarnamuki SS VI	Chiknayakanhalli	Tumkur	Krishna	Completed	1892	Gravity & Masonry	39.6	24
42	Bukkambudi Doddekere Dam	Irrigation	Local Halla / Veda Series	Tarikere	Chikmagalur	Krishna	Completed		Earthen	1160	13
43	Bukkapatna Dam	Irrigation	Suvarnamukhi SS	Sira	Tumkur	Krishna	Completed		Earthen	500	11.5
44	Bullapura Dam	Irrigation	Kumadavati River	Hirekerur	Haveri	Krishna	Completed	1952	Earthen	114.6	18
45	Byramangala Dam	Irrigation	Vrishabhavathy	Ramanagaram	Ramanagara	Cauvery	Completed	1943	Earthen	2286	22.85
46	Chakena Hally Dam	Irrigation	Hemavathy River	Holenarsipur	Hassan	Cauvery	Completed	1970	Earthen	886.75	17.3
47	Chakra Dam	Irrigation	Chakra	Hosanagara	Shimoga	West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	Completed	1985	Rockfill	570	84
48	Chandrampalli Dam	Irrigation	Sarnala	Chincholi	Gulbarga	Krishna	Completed	1973	Earthen	926.54	28.65
49	Changliar Dam	Irrigation	Local / Mullamari (K-6)	Homnabad	Bidar	Krishna	Completed	1988	Earthen	505	17.89
50	Chickkahole Dam	Irrigation	Chickkahole	Chamrajnagar	Chamarajanagar	Cauvery	Completed	1958	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	756	27.53
51	Chigalli Dam	Irrigation	Bedthi	Mundgod	Uttara Kannada	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	1974	Earthen	830.8	20.74
52	Chikkagondanahally Dam	Irrigation	Arkavathy	Kanakapura	Ramanagara	Cauvery	Completed	1979	Earthen	516	22.3
53	Chikkalingadalli Dam	Irrigation	Local / Mullamari (K-6)	Chincholi	Gulbarga	Krishna	Completed	1982	Earthen	701.04	14.48
54	Chikkanagaon Dam	Irrigation	Local / Mullamari (K-6)	Basavakalyan	Bidar	Krishna	Completed	1981	Earthen	365	15.95
55	Chikkasandra Dam	Irrigation	Suvarnamukhi	Sira	Tumkur	Krishna			Earthen	960	9
56	Chiklihole Dam	Irrigation	Chiklihole	Somvarpet	Kodagu	Cauvery	Completed	1985	Earthen	464.8	25.3
57	Chittawadagi Dam	Irrigation	Chittawadagi	Kushtagi	Koppal	Krishna	Completed	1971	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	481	12
58	Chulkinala Dam	Irrigation	Chulkinala	Basavakalyan	Bidar	Godavari	Completed	1997	Earthen	2340	18
59	Dandiganahally Dam	Irrigation	North Pennar	Gauribidanur	Chikkaballapura	Pennar	Completed	1987	Earthen	337	20.92
60	Dasanahalli Dam	Irrigation	Krishna /T.Bhadra	Huvvinahadagalli	Bellary	Krishna	Completed	1986	Earthen	780	11.83
61	Deepambudikere Dam	Irrigation	Nagini	Kunigal	Tumkur	Cauvery	Completed	1906	Earthen	600	15
62	Devarabillikere Dam	Irrigation	Shagalihalla & Sulekere Halla	Harihar	Davanagere	Krishna	Completed	1985	Earthen	1204	17.4
63	Devaramardikere Dam	Irrigation	Suvarnamukhi SS	Chiknayakanhalli	Tumkur	Krishna	Completed	1980	Earthen	407	10.67
64	Devargudihal Lake Dam			Hubli	Dharwad	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri			-
65	Dharma Dam	Irrigation	Dharma Nala	Mundgod	Uttara Kannada	Krishna	Completed	1964	Earthen	1448.2	23.25
66	Dinshi Dam	Irrigation	Dinshi Nala	Gulbarga	Gulbarga	Krishna	Completed	1986	Earthen	360	17.1
67	Doddaagrahara Dam			Sira	Tumkur	Krishna			-
68	Doddaladahalli Dam	Irrigation	Arkavathy	Kanakapura	Ramanagara	Cauvery	Completed	1934	Earthen	330	14.95
69	Durgadhalla Dam	Irrigation	Tattihalla Nala	Haliyal	Uttara Kannada	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	1991	Earthen	962.77	22.78
70	Ekamba Dam	Irrigation	Local	Aurad	Bidar	Godavari	Completed	1981	Earthen	648	13
71	Gandabommanahalli Dam	Irrigation	Krishna /T.Bhadra	Kudligi	Bellary	Krishna	Completed	1970	Earthen	1104	23.15
72	Gandorinala Dam	Irrigation	Gandorinala	Gulbarga	Gulbarga	Krishna	Completed	2002	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1813.5	24.27
73	Gantenahalli Dam	Irrigation	Suvarnamuki SS VI	Chiknayakanhalli	Tumkur	Krishna	Completed	1987	Earthen	1020	22.25
74	Gayathri Dam	Irrigation	Suvarnamuki	Hiriyur	Chitradurga	Krishna	Completed	1963	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1021.53	17.07
75	Gerusoppa Dam	Hydroelectric	Sharavathi	Honavar	Uttara Kannada	West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	Completed	2000	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	421	62
76	Gerusoppa Saddle	Hydroelectric			Uttara Kannada	West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	Completed	1999	Earthen
77	Ghastoli Dam	Irrigation	Local Nala	Khanapur	Belgaum	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	1970	Earthen	486	14.5
78	Gobbur Dam	Irrigation	Gobbur Nala	Afzalpur	Gulbarga	Krishna	Completed	1993	Earthen	1525	10.3
79	Gopinatham Dam	Irrigation	Cauvery Basin	Kollegal	Chamarajanagar	Cauvery	Completed	1989	Earthen	402	18.16
80	Gowdahally Dam	Irrigation	K.K.Halla	Yelandur	Chamarajanagar	Cauvery	Completed	1983	Earthen	731.5	13.73
81	Gundal Dam	Irrigation	Gundal	Kollegal	Chamarajanagar	Cauvery	Completed	1980	Earthen	1219	31.55
82	Gundwan At Site- I Dam	Irrigation	Gundwan - I	Indi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1979	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	973	13.05
83	Gundwan At Site- II Dam	Irrigation	Gundwan -II	Indi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1962	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	690	11.21
84	Hagari Bommanahalli Dam	Irrigation	Hagari	Hagaribommanahalli	Bellary	Krishna	Completed	1972	Earthen	1759	15.24
85	Haihole Dam	Irrigation	Haihole	Shimoga	Shimoga	Krishna	Completed	1979	Earthen	688	21
86	Haludyamanahalli Dam	Irrigation	Kattehole	Hiriyur	Chitradurga	Krishna	Completed	1975	Earthen	690	13.7
87	Hanajagi Dam	Irrigation	Hanajagi	Indi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1968	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	785	12.81
88	Hanamapur Dam	Irrigation	Local Nala	Gokak	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1978	Earthen	375.75	14.33
89	Hanchinal Dam	Irrigation	Hanchinal	Bijapur	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1973	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	655	11.05
90	Hanumanthapura Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Gondahalla	Madhugiri	Tumkur	Pennar	Completed	1906	Earthen	1320	8.8
91	Harangi Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Harangi	Somvarpet	Kodagu	Cauvery	Completed	1982	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	845.8	53
92	Harinala Dam	Irrigation	Harinala	Sampgaon	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	2004	Earthen	3120	19.41
93	Harvlli Kere Dam			Haliyal	Uttara Kannada	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri			-
94	Hattikuni Dam	Irrigation	Hattikuni stream	Yadgir	Yadgir	Krishna	Completed	1973	Earthen	923	22.88
95	Hebbahalla Dam	Irrigation	Hebballa	Heggadadevankote	Mysore	Cauvery	Completed	1965	Earthen	996.65	19.2
96	Hebbal Dam	Irrigation,Drinking / Water Supply	Local Nala Krishna / Malaprabha Sub Basin	Khanapur	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1989	Earthen	530	12.64
97	Hemavathy Dam	Irrigation	Hemavathy	Hassan	Hassan	Cauvery	Completed	1979	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	4692	58.5
98	Hesaraghatta Dam	Drinking / Water Supply	Arkavathy	Bangalore North	Bangalore	Cauvery	Completed	1896	Earthen	1560	14.78
99	Hidkal Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Ghataprabha	Hukeri	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1977	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	10183	62.48
100	Hirehalla Dam	Irrigation	Hirehalla & Veerapurhalla	Koppal	Koppal	Krishna	Completed	2002	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	3606.6	17.62
101	Hirekop Dam	Irrigation	Local Nala	Parasgad	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1966	Earthen	785.4	12.39
102	Hiresangagutti Dam	Irrigation	Hiresangagutti	Hungund	Bagalkot	Krishna	Completed	1993	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	260	11.45
103	Hokarani Dam	Irrigation	Hokarani	Muddebihal	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1966	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	755	11.72
104	Honkon Dam	Irrigation	Kali	Karwar	Uttara Kannada	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	1974	Earthen	170.8	18.6
105	Hosahalli Dam	Irrigation	K.K.Halla	Yelandur	Chamarajanagar	Cauvery	Completed	1985	Earthen	868.68	16.76
106	Hosur Saddle	Hydroelectric	Varahi		Shimoga	West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	Completed		Earthen
107	Hulical Forebay Dam	Hydroelectric	Hulicalnala	Hosanagara	Shimoga	West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	Completed	1988	Earthen	412	42
108	Hulical Forebay Saddle	Hydroelectric	Hulical		Shimoga	West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	Completed		Earthen
109	Hulikere Dam	Irrigation	Hulikere Nala	Dharwad	Dharwad	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	1984	Earthen	637	21.75
110	Hulikunta Dam	Irrigation	Tungabhadra	Sandur	Bellary	Krishna	Completed	1979	Earthen	550	28.65
111	Itagi Dam	Irrigation	Malaprabha	Khanapur	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1979	Earthen	757	15.25
112	Jambadahalla Dam	Irrigation	Jambadahalla	Tarikere	Chikmagalur	Krishna	Completed	1968	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	838.1	31.7
113	Jawahar Dam	Drinking / Water Supply	Shiruguppi	Chikodi	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1961	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	676.16	21.64
114	Jigajinagi Dam	Irrigation	Jigajinagi	Indi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1982	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1420	11.93
115	K.Honnamachanahalli Dam	Irrigation	Local Halla	Kunigal	Tumkur	Cauvery	Completed	1952	Earthen	630	10
116	Kabini Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Kabini	Heggadadevankote	Mysore	Cauvery	Completed	1974	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	2732.4	59.435
117	Kachavanahalli Dam	Irrigation	Karigale & Hebbahalla	Hunsur	Mysore	Cauvery	Completed	1973	Earthen	722	16.3
118	Kadaba Dam	Irrigation	Shimsha Valley	Gubbi	Tumkur	Cauvery	Completed	1906	Earthen	1680	10.5
119	Kadasagatti Dam	Irrigation	Local Nala	Sampgaon	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1991	Earthen	706	10.68
120	Kadatana Begewadi Dam	Irrigation	Banki Halla	Khanapur	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1965	Earthen	594.5	13.55
121	Kadatnal Dam	Irrigation	Kotbagi Halla	Sampgaon	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1970	Earthen	470	13.75
122	Kadlewadi Dam	Irrigation	Kadlewadi	Sindgi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1990	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1080	11.52
123	Kadra Dam	Hydroelectric	Kalinadi	Karwar	Uttara Kannada	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	1997	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	2313	40.5
124	Kalasakoppa Dam	Irrigation	Kalasakoppa	Bagalkot	Bagalkot	Krishna	Completed	1960	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	585	15.8
125	Kalikatte Dam	Irrigation	Kalikattehalla	Gundlupet	Chamarajanagar	Cauvery	Completed	1968	Earthen	1122	14.84
126	Kallambella Dam	Irrigation	Suvarnamukhi	Sira	Tumkur	Krishna			Earthen	1920	8.77
127	Kamarahalli Dam	Irrigation	K.Hallihalla	Gundlupet	Chamarajanagar	Cauvery	Completed	1967	Earthen	1020	12
128	Kanakanala Dam	Irrigation	Kanakanala	Sindhnur	Raichur	Krishna	Completed	1975	Earthen	975.65	20.12
129	Kanva Dam	Irrigation	Kanva	Channapatna	Ramanagara	Cauvery	Completed	1946	Earthen	1422	22.57
130	Kanvikervinkoppa Dam	Irrigation	Local Nala Krishna / Malaprabha Sub Basin	Belgaum	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1982	Earthen	454	16.76
131	Karanja Dam	Irrigation	Karanja	Bhalki	Bidar	Godavari	Completed	1989	Earthen	3480	28.1
132	Karimuddenahalli Dam	Irrigation	Lakshman Theertha	Hunsur	Mysore	Cauvery	Completed	1972	Earthen	422.25	18.32
133	Katral Dam	Irrigation	Katral	Bijapur	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1979	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1240	11.22
134	Kodasalli Dam	Hydroelectric	Kalinadi	Supa	Uttara Kannada	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	2000	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	534	52.1
135	Kodli-Allapur Dam	Irrigation	Local / Mullamari	Chincholi	Gulbarga	Krishna	Completed	2000	Earthen	510	16.93
136	Kohalli Dam	Irrigation	Hire Halla	Athni	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1975	Earthen	659	14.63
137	Kondiyl Tank	Irrigation			Davanagere	Krishna	Completed		Earthen
138	Kothagere Dam			Kunigal	Tumkur	Cauvery			-
139	Kottur Dam	Irrigation	Krishna /T.Bhadra	Kudligi	Bellary	Krishna	Completed	1888	Earthen	1777	15
140	Kowlihalla Dam	Irrigation	Cauvery Basin	Kollegal	Chamarajanagar	Cauvery	Completed		Earthen	393	18.5
141	Krishnarajasagar Dam	Irrigation	Cauvery	Pandavapura	Mandya	Cauvery	Completed	1931	Gravity & Masonry	2621	42.62
142	Krishyal Dam	Irrigation	Krishyal	Basavana Bagevadi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1964	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	730	10.91
143	Kunigal Dodakere Dam	Irrigation	Nagini	Kunigal	Tumkur	Cauvery	Completed	1906	Earthen	2000	11
144	Kunigal Thimmanahalli Dam	Irrigation	Thimmanahalli nala	Madhugiri	Tumkur	Krishna	Completed	1980	Earthen	330	14.2
145	Kuppakaddi Dam	Irrigation	Kuppakadi	Basavana Bagevadi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1969	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	865	11.27
146	Kuppareddy Dam			Bangalore South	Bangalore	Cauvery			-
147	Kuvalgi Aheri Dam	Irrigation	Kuvalgi Aheri	Bijapur	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1981	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	518	13.55
148	Kyragunda Saddle Dam	Hydroelectric	Savehaklu	Hosanagara	Shimoga	West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	Completed	1983	Earthen	800	14.5
149	Lakhya Dam	Drinking / Water Supply	Lakhya hole	Mudigere	Chikmagalur	Krishna	Completed	1994	Earthen	1048	108
150	Lakshmisagar Dam	Irrigation	Suvarnamukhi	Sira	Tumkur	Krishna	Completed		Earthen	960	10.5
151	Linganamakki Dam	Hydroelectric	Sharavathy	Sagar	Shimoga	West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	Completed	1964	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	2749.29	61.26
152	Lower Hirenala Dam			Kushtagi	Koppal	Krishna			-
153	Lower Mullamari Dam	Irrigation	Mullamari	Chincholi	Gulbarga	Krishna	Completed	2001	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1546	24.46
154	Madagamasur Dam	Irrigation	Kumadavati	Hirekerur	Haveri	Krishna	Completed	1908	Earthen	950	32.87
155	Maidal Amanikere Dam	Irrigation	Agasarahalli nala	Tumkur	Tumkur	Cauvery	Completed	1895	Earthen	810	13.8
156	Majjur Dam	Irrigation	Dodda Halla Nala,T.B.Sub Basin	Shirhatti	Gadag	Krishna	Completed	1974	Earthen	413.5	19.51
157	Makhanpur Dam	Irrigation	Makhanpur	Bijapur	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1961	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	951	13.75
158	Malagondanahalli Dam	Irrigation			Davanagere	Krishna	Completed		Earthen
159	Malaprabha Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Malaprabha	Parasgad	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1972	Gravity & Masonry	154.52	43.13
160	Malavagoppa Dam	Irrigation			Shimoga	Krishna	Completed		Earthen
161	Mallaghatta Dam	Irrigation	Shimsha Valley	Turuvekere	Tumkur	Cauvery	Completed		Earthen	750	15.6
162	Manchanabele Dam	Irrigation	Arkavathy	Magadi	Ramanagara	Cauvery	Completed	1993	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	362.2	38.71
163	Mangala I Dam	Irrigation	Nagini River	Kunigal	Tumkur	Cauvery	Completed	1969	Earthen	610	13.1
164	Mangala II Dam	Irrigation	Cauvery	Gundlupet	Chamarajanagar	Cauvery		1977	Earthen	661.4	25
165	Mangalore Dam	Irrigation	Mangalore	Badami	Bagalkot	Krishna	Completed	1970	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	124	16.38
166	Mani Dam	Hydroelectric	Varahi	Hosanagara	Shimoga	West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	Completed	1988	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	580	59
167	Mani Dam RB Saddle	Hydroelectric	Varahi		Shimoga	West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	Completed		Earthen
168	Maralvadi Dam	Irrigation	Arkavathy	Kanakapura	Ramanagara	Cauvery	Completed	1938	Earthen	480	16.5
169	Marconahally Dam	Irrigation	Shimsha Valley	Kunigal	Tumkur	Cauvery	Completed	1940	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1609	22.4
170	Markandeya Dam	Irrigation	Markandeya	Malur	Kolar	East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari	Completed	1940	Gravity & Masonry	206.5	18.6
171	Markandeya Dam	Irrigation	Markandeya	Hukeri	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	2005	Gravity & Masonry	475	47
172	Maskinala Dam	Irrigation	Maskinala	Lingsugur	Raichur	Krishna	Completed	2003	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	814	29.88
173	Mavathur Dam	Irrigation	Garudachala halla	Koratagere	Tumkur	Pennar	Completed	1908	Earthen	1380	14
174	Mavinahole Dam	Irrigation	Local Halla	Channagiri	Davanagere	Krishna	Completed	1928	Earthen	585	20.11
175	Mayasandra Dam	Irrigation	Shimsha Valley	Turuvekere	Tumkur	Cauvery	Completed	1906	Earthen	1410	10.7
176	Medipally Dam	Irrigation	Local	Aurad	Bidar	Godavari	Completed	1971	Earthen	487	22.03
177	Medleri Dam	Irrigation	Local Nala	Ranibennur	Haveri	Krishna			Earthen	701.5	10.68
178	Muchakhandi Dam	Irrigation	Muchakhandi	Bagalkot	Bagalkot	Krishna	Completed	1984	Gravity & Masonry	158	18.3
179	Mukherthihal Dam	Irrigation	Mukherthihal	Basavana Bagevadi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1979	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	852	10.41
180	Mundawad Dam	Irrigation	Shirahatti Nala	Mundargi	Gadag	Krishna	Completed	1994	Earthen	994	20.19
181	Murakumbi Dam	Irrigation	Chella Halla	Parasgad	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1970	Earthen	726	16.94
182	Musthrahally Dam	Irrigation	Naihole	Bangarapet	Kolar	East flowing rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari	Completed	1974	Earthen	197	22.7
183	Muthurayanakere Dam	Irrigation	Local Nala	Kunigal	Tumkur	Cauvery	Completed	1970	Earthen	1140	12.06
184	Nagathan Dam	Irrigation	Nagathan nala	Bijapur	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1961	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1125	10.63
185	Nallur Amanikere Dam	Irrigation	Gundlu	Gundlupet	Chamarajanagar	Cauvery	Completed	1987	Earthen	1802	15.04
186	Nandgad Dam			Khanapur	Belgaum	Krishna			-
187	Narayanapura Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Krishna	Muddebihal	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1982	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	10637.52	29.72
188	Narihalla Dam	Irrigation	Narihalla	Sandur	Bellary	Krishna	Completed	1981	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	295	32.92
189	Neerasagara Dam	Drinking / Water Supply	Bedtinala	Kalghatgi	Dharwad	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	1955	Earthen	1158.25	24.6
190	Nelligudda Dam	Irrigation	Bidadi Halla	Ramanagaram	Ramanagara	Cauvery	Completed	1940	Earthen	740	17.07
191	Neralatti Kere Dam			Kanakapura	Ramanagara	Cauvery			-
192	New Amachawadi Dam	Irrigation	Yennehole Stream	Chamrajnagar	Chamarajanagar	Cauvery	Completed	1984	Earthen	540	15.29
193	Nidasale Dam	Irrigation	Nagini	Kunigal	Tumkur	Cauvery	Completed	1906	Earthen	870	11
194	Nittur Dam	Irrigation	Shimsha Valley	Gubbi	Tumkur	Cauvery	Completed	1906	Earthen	1350	10.5
195	Nonavinakere Lake Dam			Tiptur	Tumkur	Cauvery			-
196	Nugu Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Nugu	Heggadadevankote	Mysore	Cauvery	Completed	1959	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	637.65	43.58
197	Obichudanahally Dam	Irrigation	Arkavathy	Bangalore South	Bangalore	Cauvery	Completed	1989	Earthen	637	28.7
198	Parashuramapura New Dam	Irrigation	Malenurahalla	Challakere	Chitradurga	Krishna		1959	Earthen	1650	12.19
199	Prakruthi Dam	Irrigation	Gundirehalla	Molakalmuru	Chitradurga	Krishna	Completed	1979	Earthen	840	16.17
200	Purdal Dam			Shimoga	Shimoga	Krishna	Completed		-
201	Purle Dam	Irrigation			Shimoga	Krishna	Completed		Earthen
202	Rakkaskop Dam	Drinking / Water Supply	Markandeya	Belgaum	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1962	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	358.37	26.34
203	Ramalingapura Dam	Irrigation	Suvarnamukhi	Sira	Tumkur	Krishna	Completed		Earthen	830	12
204	Ramanahalli Dam	Irrigation	Navalli Nalla	Sindgi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1958	Earthen	1619	16.5
205	Ramapura Dam	Irrigation	Local Nala	Khanapur	Belgaum	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	1976	Earthen	345	14
206	Ranganayanadurga Dam	Irrigation	Jinagihalla	Molakalmuru	Chitradurga	Krishna	Completed		Earthen	900	19.88
207	Rangasamudra Dam	Irrigation	Rangasamudra	Badami	Bagalkot	Krishna	Completed	1978	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	317	23.8
208	Ranikere Dam	Irrigation	Garnihalla	Challakere	Chitradurga	Krishna	Completed	1907	Earthen	960	12.19
209	Ronihal Dam	Irrigation	Ronihalla	Basavana Bagevadi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1979	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	689	13.02
210	Sangenahalli Dam	Irrigation	Jinigehalla	Jagalur	Davanagere	Krishna	Completed	1968	Earthen	1341	15.55
211	Sarigehally Dam	Irrigation	Shimsha	Turuvekere	Tumkur	Cauvery	Completed		Earthen	1200	14.8
212	Savehakalu Dam	Hydroelectric	Savehaklu	Hosanagara	Shimoga	West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	Completed	1980	Earthen	633	53
213	Seegehalla Dam	Irrigation	Seegehalla	Shimoga	Shimoga	Krishna	Completed	1979	Earthen	660	16.5
214	Shanti Sagar	Irrigation			Davanagere	Krishna	Completed		Earthen / Gravity & Masonry
215	Sheelavantanakoppa D.Kere Dam	Irrigation	Jamboor Halla	Shikarpur	Shimoga	Krishna	Completed		Earthen	200	13.28
216	Siddasamudra Dam	Irrigation	Local Nala Under Malaprabha River Sub Basin	Sampgaon	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1967	Earthen	712	13.72
217	Singahallidalvayikere Dam	Irrigation	Suvarnamukhi SS	Chiknayakanhalli	Tumkur	Krishna			Earthen	870	11.45
218	Soudagar Dam	Irrigation	Soudagar Nala	Yadgir	Yadgir	Krishna	Completed	1987	Earthen	600	27.03
219	Sowlanga Dam	Irrigation	Hirehalla	Honnali	Davanagere	Krishna	Completed	1928	Earthen	900	12
220	Sulkod Dam	Irrigation	Sulkod Nala	Basavana Bagevadi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1964	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	762.2	10.9
221	Supa Dam	Hydroelectric	Kali Nadi	Supa	Uttara Kannada	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	1987	Gravity & Masonry	331.29	101
222	Suvarnavathy Dam	Irrigation	Suvarnavathy	Chamrajnagar	Chamarajanagar	Cauvery	Completed	1984	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1170.4	25.9
223	Tadavalga Dam	Irrigation	Tadavalga Nala	Indi	Bijapur	Krishna	Completed	1965	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1070	11.02
224	Talakal Dam	Irrigation	Krishna / T.Bhadra	Huvvinahadagalli	Bellary	Krishna	Completed	1983	Earthen	1200	14.02
225	Talakalale Dam	Hydroelectric	Sharavathy	Sagar	Shimoga	West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	Completed	1964	Gravity & Masonry	353.6	62.48
226	Taraka Dam	Irrigation	Taraka	Heggadadevankote	Mysore	Cauvery	Completed	1984	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1272.5	37.49
227	Tattihalla Dam	Hydroelectric	Kali Nadi	Yellapur	Uttara Kannada	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed	1979	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1337.04	44
228	Tegampur Dam	Irrigation	Local	Aurad	Bidar	Godavari	Completed	1980	Earthen	780	23.36
229	Theetha Dam	Irrigation	Jayamangali	Koratagere	Tumkur	Pennar	Completed	1986	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1017	22
230	Thonnur Dam	Irrigation	Hebballa Valley	Pandavapura	Mandya	Cauvery	Completed	1000	Earthen	118.8	24.384
231	Tippagondana Hally Dam	Drinking / Water Supply	Arkavathy & Kumudavathy	Bangalore South	Bangalore	Cauvery	Completed	1934	Gravity & Masonry	451.104	49.68
232	Tumbodi Amanikere Dam	Irrigation	Dodda Halla	Koratagere	Tumkur	Pennar	Completed	1939	Earthen	480	12.6
233	Tungabhadra Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation	Tungabhadra	Koppal	Koppal	Krishna	Completed	1953	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	2443	49.39
234	Turuvekere Dam	Irrigation	Shimsha Valley	Turuvekere	Tumkur	Cauvery	Completed		Earthen	870	12.2
235	Uduthorehalla Dam	Irrigation	Uduthorehalla	Kollegal	Chamarajanagar	Cauvery	Completed		Earthen	1530	40
236	Uduvalli Dam			Hiriyur	Chitradurga	Krishna			-
237	Unkal Lake Dam			Hubli	Dharwad	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri			-
238	Upper Hirenala Dam	Irrigation	Hirenala	Kushtagi	Koppal	Krishna	Completed	1989	Earthen	1935	18.27
239	Upper Kaneri	Hydroelectric	Kaneri Nadi		Uttara Kannada	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed		Earthen
240	Upper Mullamari Dam	Irrigation	Mullamri	Basavakalyan	Bidar	Krishna	Completed	1984	Earthen	810	28.4
241	Upper Tunga Dam	Hydroelectric,Irrigation,Drinking / Water Supply	Tunga	Shimoga	Shimoga	Krishna	Completed	2005	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	791.39	17.5
242	Vanivilasa Sagar Dam	Irrigation	Vedavathy	Hosdurga	Chitradurga	Krishna	Completed	1907	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	405.4	43.28
243	Varahi H.E.Pickup Dam	Hydroelectric	Varahi	Kundapura	Udupi	West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	Completed	1989	Gravity & Masonry	244	39.6
244	Varahi Pickup Saddle-A	Hydroelectric	Varahi		Shimoga	West flowing rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	Completed		Earthen
245	Veerapur Tank				Dharwad	West flowing rivers from Tapi to Tadri	Completed		Earthen / Gravity & Masonry
246	Vishnusamudra Dam	Irrigation	Veda series	Kadur	Chikmagalur	Krishna	Completed		Earthen	1740	12.8
247	Votehole Dam	Irrigation	Votehole	Belur	Hassan	Cauvery	Completed	1984	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	900	44.48
248	Y. Urumundinakere Dam	Irrigation	Veda series	Kadur	Chikmagalur	Krishna			Earthen	1930	10
249	Yagachi Dam	Irrigation	Yagachi	Belur	Hassan	Cauvery	Completed	2001	Earthen / Gravity & Masonry	1280	26.237
250	Yallammavadi Dam	Irrigation	Local Nala Krishna / Malaprabha Sub Basin	Athni	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1990	Earthen	775	10.3
251	Yallur Dam	Irrigation	Local Nala of Markandaya Sub Basin (Ghatapraba)	Belgaum	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1965	Earthen	393	15.5
252	Yarazarvi Dam	Irrigation	Local Nala	Parasgad	Belgaum	Krishna	Completed	1969	Earthen	699	12.16

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