Ranjit Sagar Dam
The Ranjit Sagar Dam, also known as the Thein Dam, is part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the Punjab Irrigation Department on the Ravi River on the border of Union Territory, Jammu and Kashmir and state Punjab.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in India
- Also known as: “Thein Dam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thara Uparla.
Thara Uparla
Town
Thara Uparla is a village in Dhar Kalan in Gurdaspur district of Punjab State, India. It is located 11 kilometres from sub district headquarter, 7 kilometres from Pathankot, 70 kilometres from district headquarter and 264 kilometres from state capital Chandigarh. Thara Uparla is situated 2½ km east of Ranjit Sagar Dam.
Ranjit Sagar Dam
- Categories: embankment dam and earth-fill dam
- Location: Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
32.44206° or 32° 26′ 31″ northLongitude
75.72863° or 75° 43′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8J4QCPRH+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 126662137OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q2131032
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In Other Languages
From German to Tamil—“Ranjit Sagar Dam” goes by many names.
- German: “Ranjit-Sagar-Talsperre”
- Hindi: “थीन डैम परियोजना”
- Kashmiri: “رنجیت ساگر ڈیم”
- Malayalam: “രഞ്ജിത്ത് സാഗർ അണക്കെട്ട്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ranjit Sagar-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ranjitsagar-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Thein-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Ranjitsagar-demningen”
- Panjabi: “ਥੀਨ ਡੈਮ”
- Panjabi: “ਰਣਜੀਤ ਸਾਗਰ ਡੈਮ”
- Swahili: “Bwawa la Ranjit Sagar”
- Swahili: “Thein Dam”
- Tamil: “ரஞ்சித் சாகர் அணை”
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Highlights include Ranjit Sagar hydro power station and Ranjit Sagar Viewpoint.
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