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Name

:

Kumari Irrigation Scheme

Purpose (Irrigation or Multipurpose)

:

Irrigation

Type (Major / Medium / Minor)

:

Medium

Basin

:

Ganga

Sub-basin

:

Kangsabati

River

:

Kumari

Year of approval (By State Govt.)

:

1974

Year of commencement

:

1975-76

Year of completion

:

1984

Approved cost

:

61 Lakhs

Actual cost

:

212 Lakhs

Districts benefited

:

Purulia

Cultivable command area

:

3.642 Th Ha

Ultimate Irrigation potential

:

4.074 Th Ha

Irrigation potential created

:

4.074 Th Ha

Max. Irrigation potential utilized

:

4.107 Th Ha

Name of dam

:

Kumari Dam

Location of dam

:

23° 9'43.95"N, 86°17'6.61"E, Balarampur, Purulia

Type of dam

:

Earthen Dam with Spillway

Length of dam

:

976.82 m

Nos. of spillway gates

:

10 Nos.

Catchment area (upto Dam)

:

94.72 Sq Km

Submergence area of reservoir

:

2.36 Sq Km

Design discharge of Spillway

:

765.14 Cumec

Max. flood level

:

235.82 m

Full reservoir level

:

235.67 m

Gross storage capacity

:

7.52 MCM

Live storage capacity

:

4.32 MCM

Nos. of head regulators

:

3 Nos.

Canal discharge

:

4.25 Cumec

Length of main canals

:

35.00 Km

Length of distribution system

:

22.70 Km

Total no. of structures
In main canal and distribution system Except head regulator of main canal

:

233 Nos.