The Dantiwada Dam is a mud and masonry dam on the West Banas River near Dantiwada, Banaskantha district of northern Gujarat in India.
The dam was constructed in 1965 mainly for irrigation and flood control.
Total land submerged under the reservoir include 1,215 hectares (3,000 acres; 4.69 sq mi) forest land, 810 hectares (2,000 acres; 3.1 sq mi) wasteland, 2,025 hectares (5,000 acres; 7.82 sq mi) cultivable land.
[2] On 10 April 2015, Government of Gujarat declared ₹110 crore (US$13 million) for the Dantiwada Dam oriented group water supply project benefiting 123 villages of three talukas.
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