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Name

:

Khairabera Irrigation Scheme

Purpose (Irrigation or Multipurpose)

:

Irrigation

Type (Major / Medium / Minor)

:

Minor

Basin

:

Subarnarekha

Sub-basin

:

Karru

River

:

Khairabera

Year of approval (By State Govt.)

:

1981

Year of commencement

:

1980-1981

Year of completion

:

1989

Approved cost

:

415 Lakh

Actual cost

:

368 Lakh

Districts benefited

:

Purulia

Cultivable command area

:

0.526 Th Ha

Ultimate Irrigation potential

:

0.574 Th Ha

Irrigation potential created

:

0.574 Th Ha

Max. Irrigation potential utilized

:

0.574 Th Ha

Name of dam

:

Khairbera Dam

Location of dam

:

23°15'53.46"N,  86° 0'26.77"E, Bagmundi, Purulia

Type of dam

:

Earthen Dam with Spillway

Length of dam

:

371.95 m

Nos. of spillway gates

:

Ungated

Catchment area (upto Dam)

:

16.72 Sq Km

Submergence area of reservoir

:

0.405 Sq Km

Design discharge of Spillway

:

119.877 Cumec

Max. flood level

:

299.87 m

Full reservoir level

:

298.169 m

Gross storage capacity

:

2.35 MCM

Live storage capacity

:

2.103 MCM

Nos. of head regulators

:

1 No

Canal discharge

:

-

Length of main canals

:

2.5 Km

Length of distribution system

:

4.75 Km

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

:

64 Nos.