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Name

:

Ramchandrapur Irrigation Scheme

Purpose (Irrigation or Multipurpose)

:

Irrigation

Type (Major / Medium / Minor)

:

Minor

Status (ongoing / completed)

:

Completed

Basin

:

Ganga

Sub-basin

:

Damodar

River

:

Muchkunda

Year of approval (By State Govt.)

:

1975

Year of commencement

:

1975-76

Year of completion

:

1983-84

Approved cost

:

620 Lakh

Actual cost

:

621 Lakh

Districts benefited

:

Pururlia, Bankura

Cultivable command area

:

1.924 Th Ha

Ultimate Irrigation potential

:

2.390 Th Ha

Irrigation potential created

:

2.390 Th Ha

Max. Irrigation potential utilized

:

2.114 Th Ha

Name of dam

:

Ramchandrapur Dam

Location of dam

:

23°34'49.08"N, 86°50'19.91"E, Santuri, Purulia

Type of dam

:

Earthen Dam with Spillway

Length of dam

:

1442.68 m

Nos. of spillway gates

:

4 (R )

Catchment area (upto Dam)

:

36.48 Sq Km

Submergence area of reservoir

:

1.700 Sq Km

Design discharge of Spillway

:

260.79 Cumec

Max. flood level

:

134.72 m

Full reservoir level

:

133.537 m

Gross storage capacity

:

3.946 MCM

Live storage capacity

:

2.987 MCM

Nos. of head regulators

:

1 No

Canal discharge

:

RBMC : 2.676 Cumec

Length of main canals

:

RBMC : 11.034 Km

Length of distribution system

:

RBMC : 6.1569 Km

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

:

62 Nos.