Maithon Dam
The Maithon Dam is located at Maithon, 48 km from Dhanbad, in the state of Jharkhand India.It is just 24 km from Asansol city and one of the topmost visited place in Asansol region.Photo: Jaiprakashsingh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: Dam in India
- Also known as: “Maithan Dam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maithon and Barakar.
Maithon
Photo: Aman Abrar, CC0.
Maithon is a town in northern Jharkhand. The Barakar River east of Maithon forms the border with West Bengal at Asansol.
Barakar
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barakar is a town in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal along the Barakar River, at the border to Jharkhand. Known for the Begunia complex of Odisha-style temples, Barakar may look like an Odia industrial town at first glance.
Chirkunda
Town
Chirkunda is a city and a notified area in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the state of Jharkhand, India. It is located in the northeast of Jharkhand and lies very close to the state borders of West Bengal. Chirkunda is situated 5 km southwest of Maithon Dam.
Maithon Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Salanpur, Paschim Bardhaman, Rarh, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
23.78635° or 23° 47′ 11″ northLongitude
86.81455° or 86° 48′ 52″ eastOpen location code
7MM8QRP7+GROpenStreetMap ID
way 364645642OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q3445863
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Uzbek—“Maithon Dam” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “মাইথন বাঁধ”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد مايثون”
- French: “barrage Maithon”
- French: “Barrage Maithon”
- Hindi: “मैथन बांध”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Maithon”
- Italian: “diga di Maithon”
- Malayalam: “മൈത്തോൺ അണക്കെട്ട്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Maithon-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Maithon-demningen”
- Santali: “ᱢᱟᱭᱛᱷᱚᱱ ᱰᱮᱢ”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Maithon”
- Uzbek: “Mayton to’g’oni”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Deer park and Police Checkpoint 1.
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