Bhakra Dam
Bhakra Nangal Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Satluj River in Bhakra Village in Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The dam forms the Gobind Sagar reservoir.
KawalSingh, Public domain.- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of around 480 metres (1,580 feet)
- …is also known as “Bakra Dam”
- …is operated by the Bhakra Beas Management Board
- Description: gravity dam in Bhakra, Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh, India
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nangal.
Nangal
Nangal is a town, near city of Rupnagar in Rupnagar district in Punjab, India.
6 km southwest of Bhakra Dam
Bhakra Dam
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Latitude
31.41156° or 31° 24′ 42″ north
Longitude
76.43386° or 76° 26′ 2″ east
Open location code
8J3RCC6M+JG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway = dam
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Bhakra Dam” goes by many names.
ভাকরা বাঁধBengali
भाखड़ा बान्हBhojpuri
Bhākra DamCebuano
巴克拉—南加尔坝Chinese
巴克拉坝Chinese
巴克拉壩Chinese
巴克拉水壩Chinese
bhakhra damGujarati
भाखड़ा बांधHindi
diga di BhakraItalian
바크라 댐Korean
Bhakros užtvankaLithuanian
Bhakra DamMalayalam
ഭക്രാ നങ്കൽ അണക്കെട്ട്Malayalam
भाकरा नांगल धरणMarathi
Bhakra-demningenNorwegian
Bhakra-demningenNorwegian Bokmål
Bhakra-Nangal vannkraftverkNorwegian Bokmål
ਭਾਖੜਾ ਡੈਮPanjabi
ਭਾਖੜਾ ਨੰਗਲ ਡੈਮPanjabi
भाक्राजलबन्धःSanskrit
Bhakra DamSwahili
Bhākra DamSwedish
பக்ரா அணைTamil
భాక్రా డామ్Telugu
భాక్రానంగల్ ప్రాజెక్టుTelugu
БхакраUkrainian
بھاکرا بندUrdu
بھاکھڑا ننگل ڈیمWestern Panjabi
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