Meenkara Dam is an embankment or earthen dam built on the banks of the river Gayatripuzha,[1] a tributary of the river Bharathapuzha, at Muthalamada in the Muthalamada Grama Panchayat near Kollengode in the Palakkad district of Kerala with masonry spillway sections.
Size of canal sluice is 1.52 m x 1.83 m. Left bank canal which takes off from the sluice has a length of 20.5 km and it receives water from the Chulliyar reservoir also, as it is connected by a leading channel from the Chulliyar dam.
The Meenkara dam Project is located in the Muthalamada village in Palakkad District of Kerala State.
Water distribution for agriculture begins in the month of November and continues till March.
There are two spill ways and the spillway is opening to a leading channel and from there diverted to Meenkara river.