Mettur Dam
The Mettur Dam is one of the largest dams in India and also the largest in Tamil Nadu, located across the river Kaveri where it enters the plains. Built in 1934, it took nine years to complete.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: dam in Tamil Nadu, India
- Also known as: “Mettūr Dam”, “Mettur hydro power station”, and “Metur Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mettur Dam railway station and Mettur Thermal Power Station.
Mettur Dam railway station
Railway station
Mettur Dam railway station is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station situated in Mettur, Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Mettur Thermal Power Station
Power station
The Mettur Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired electric power station located in Salem district of Tamil Nadu. It is operated by Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited. Mettur Thermal Power Station is situated 3½ km south of Mettur Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mettur and Nangavalli.
Mettur
Town
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Mettur is an industrial and tourist town located in the Salem district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is best known for the Mettur Dam which is the largest dam in south India. Mettur is situated 3 km southwest of Mettur Dam.
Nangavalli
Village
Nangavalli is a panchayat town in Mettur taluk of Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 31 panchayat towns in the district. Spread across an area of 8.13 km2, it had a population of 10,809 individuals as per the 2011 census. Nangavalli is situated 9 km southeast of Mettur Dam.
Vanavasi
Village
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Vanavasi is a panchayat town in Mettur taluk of Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 31 panchayat towns in the district. Spread across an area of 5.2 km2, it had a population of 7,130 individuals as per the 2011 census. Vanavasi is situated 9 km southeast of Mettur Dam.
Mettur Dam
- Categories: hydroelectric power station, gravity dam, and transportation
- Location: Mettur, Salem district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Mettur Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “梅图尔大坝”
- Chinese: “梅圖爾大壩”
- French: “barrage de Mettur”
- French: “Barrage de Mettur”
- Italian: “diga di Mettur”
- Literary Chinese: “梅圖爾大壩”
- Swahili: “Bwawa la Mettur”
- Swahili: “Mettur hydro power station”
- Tamil: “மேட்டூர் அணை”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Меттур”
- Yue Chinese: “梅圖爾大壩”
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