General Information

GENERAL INFORMATION

Sl No. Parameter Value
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 Reservoir Name Hirakud
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 Type of Reservoir Large
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 location Sambalpur
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 Latitude & Longitude 21 degree 28 minute North, 83 degree 58 minute East
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 Date of Commissioned 1957
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 District Sambalpur
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 State Orissa
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 Period of Information 1956
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 Purposes Flood Control, Hydroelectric, Irrigation
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 Controlling Authority Water Resource Department, Government of Orissa
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 River System Mahanadi
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 Area 71963 ha
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 Area at FRL 74000 ha
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 Capacity 8316 million cubic m
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 Catchment Area 83400 sq km
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 Catchment Reservoir Area 83400 sq km
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 Mean Depth 11.3 m
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 Gross Storage Capacity 8316 million cubic m
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 Live Storage Capacity 5818 million cubic m
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 Others Length of shoreline (km)- 643 km, Length of the masonry dam (m)-1248, Number of sluices-64, Crest level of spillway dam (m above MSL)-185.928, Spillway capacity (m3 sec-1.)- 42.45, Maximum annual runoff (million m3)-9.19 * 104, Minimum annual runoff (million m3)-1.24 * 104, Shoreline development index-13.5, Volume development index-0.52