Jakham Dam is a dam located in Pratapgarh District

Pratapgarh district (Rajasthan)

Pratapgarh district is the 33rd district of Rajasthan, created on 26 January 2008. It is a part of Udaipur Division and has been carved out from the erstwhile tehsils of Chittorgarh, Udaipur and Banswara districts...

 in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

 in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is located in Anooppura village of Pratapgarh Tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

, 32 Km from Dhariawad

Dhariawad

Dhariawad is a census town in Pratapgarh district in the state of Rajasthan, India.-Demographics: India census, Dhariawad had a population of 10,494. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Dhariawad has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%:...

 and 35 km from Pratapgarh

Pratapgarh, Rajasthan

Pratapgarh, is a town in Rajasthan, India. It is the district headquarters of Pratapgarh district the newest District of Rajasthan. Famous for its Thewa art, the town is surrounded by tribal villages.- History :...

 town. The dam is a main irrigation project of the area.

This dam is built on the Jakham river, which originates from a small village Jakhamia in Chhoti Sadri

Chhoti Sadri

Chhoti Sadri Chhoti Sadri Chhoti Sadri (Hindi: छोटी सादड़ी is a city and a municipality in Pratapgarh district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is situated near Neemuch on the Ajmer-Khandwa railway line.This place was famous for a temple of Devi built in the 5th century AD...

sub division. The Jakham dam's foundation was laid on 14 May, 1968 by then chief minister Mohan Lal Sukhadia

Mohan Lal Sukhadia

Mohan Lal Sukhadia was a political and social leader who served as Chief Minister of Rajasthan for 17 years . He became Chief Minister at age of 38 years and was responsible for bringing major reforms and developments in Rajasthan...

, however the actual construction-work of the dam started in 1969-70.The dam itself was completed in 1986, but took another twelve years for the completion of this irrigation project in March 2000.

Initially the catchment of the Jakham Dam was 5,015 MCft for irrigating 52,354 hectares of land. Out of its total water retention capacity of 5,015 MCft, the usable water capacity is 4,671 MC ft. The cost of this project is 106.03 crore. The length of this Dam is 253 meters, out of which spill way is in 90 m in length. The area around the dam is hilly and rugged. 13 km away from the main dam, Nangaliya pickup ware has been constructed with Left main canal (39.90km) and right main canal(34.12 km). Irrigation facility is being provided in 118 villages in Dhariyawad sub-division.