{"id":95645,"date":"2026-03-30T17:25:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=95645"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:55:53","slug":"chulliyar-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chulliyar-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Chulliyar Dam, Location, Capacity, Irrigation Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chulliyar Dam is located in the Palakkad district of Kerala. It is built across the Chulliyar, a tributary of Gayathri River of Bharathapuzha basin. It is surrounded by greenery and a peaceful environment. It is both an irrigation structure and a scenic spot. The project plays an important role in regional water management, agriculture and tourism.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Chulliyar Dam Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chulliyar Dam is a composite irrigation project with masonry and earthen structures, developed under Gayathri basin for efficient water storage and distribution. These features make it one of the significant <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dams-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dams in India<\/strong><\/a>. The major highlighting features of the dam are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Location: It is situated in Muthalamada Panchayath, Chittur Taluk of Palakkad district. It lies within Nemmara Assembly Constituency and is surrounded by lush greenery and foothill landscapes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">History: It belongs to Gayathri Project Stage II taken up in 1961. It was partially commissioned in 1966 and completed in 1970.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Structure: It is a composite dam having 555 m long masonry section, 700 m earthen dam extension and 500 m saddle dam, with maximum height of 30.50 m and top width of 4.85 m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Storage Capacity: The reservoir has gross storage capacity of 13.70 million cubic meters and catchment area of 27.80 sq. km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/irrigation-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Irrigation<\/strong><\/a> Project: Canal network of 36.52 km irrigates 2430 hectares across Muthalamada, Kollengode, Elavanchery, Nemmara and Pallassana, mainly supporting paddy cultivation through Meenkara linked water system.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Also Check:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/palghat-gap\/\" target=\"_blank\">Palakkad Gap<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chulliyar Dam in Kerala\u2019s Palakkad district supports irrigation, water management, and tourism with a composite masonry-earthen structure and scenic surroundings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":95635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[6465,4935,1586],"class_list":{"0":"post-95645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-studies","8":"tag-chulliyar-dam","9":"tag-geography","10":"tag-list-of-dams-in-india","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95645"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95650,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95645\/revisions\/95650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}