Malampuzha Dam

Malampuzha Dam

Malampuzha Dam is the largest reservoir in Kerala, located near Palakkad in south India with the scenic hills of the Western Ghats in the background. It is a combination of a masonry dam with a length of 1,849 metres and an earthen dam with a length of 220 metres. The dam is 6,066 feet high and crosses the Malampuzha River, a tributary of Bharathappuzha, Kerala's second longest river. There is a network of two canal systems that serve the dam's reservoir of 42,090 hectares.
The dam project was begun in 1949 and completed in 1955. The total catchments area is 145 square kilometres, while the reservoir has a capacity of 8000 square meters of water. The canal systems serve to irrigate farm land while the reservoir provides drinking water to Palakkad and surrounding villages.





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Official name	Malampuzha Dam
Location	Palakkad District, Kerala
Construction began	March 1949
Opening date	9 October 1955
Dam and spillways
Height	115.06 m
Length	2,069 m
Impounds	Malampuzha river
Reservoir
Creates	Malampuzha Reservoir
Capacity	236.69 cubic metres
Catchment area	147.63 sq. km.