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About Gohira Dam :

Gohira Irrigation Project is a reservoir project situated at Lat. 21°-28’-10” N and Long. 84°-34’-10” E near village Ambaghat in Deogarh district of Orissa. The Dam intercepts a fan-shaped catchment area of 236 km2 in Deogarh hill ranges across river Gohira a right bank tributary of river Brahmani . It provides irrigation to an ayacut area of 8120 ha. During Kharif and 5700 ha during Rabi. The construction of the project was started in 1977 and was fully completed by 1985. The dam is a homogenous rolled fill earth dam of total length 3550m with maximum height of 28m above the deepest foundation level. An Ogee Crested 70m long spillway is provided on the left flank saddle fitted with 5 Nos. of 12m x 6m size radial gates. A roller bucket with 10m radius is provided in downstream of the spillway to dissipate the energy of spilling water. A gallery of size 1.50m x 2.20m is provided in the spillway. Originally the estimation of design flood was done by Dicken’s envelope method with C = 2200 in fps unit which came to 1840 m3 /sec. The recomputed SPF is 3772 m3 /sec. The major dam safety problems are: Drainage and uplift pressure release holes have been chocked. Rock protruding over spill channel obstructs the flow. There is scouring in the d/s of cut off of spillway bucket. Rain cuts and gullies have been formed in the d/s slope of the earth dam.

Official name - Gohira Dam
Impounds – Gohira River
Locale - Sambalpur
Maintained & Operated by - WRD, Govt.of Odisha
Length – 3550m
Height – 28m
Opening date – 1985
Construction Cost -
Capacity – 1840cumec
Catchment area - 236 km2
Surface area –
Geographical Data (Location of map) - 21°-28’-10” N and Long. 84°-34’-10” E

Location information Gohira Dam :

GOHIRA DAM SITE, DEoGARH, ORISSA, India
1. The Khajuria Range on the north running from West-East in Badbar-Pragana of Deogarh Police Station having a maximum height of 745 Metres.
2. The Pradhanpat and Kaidanta Ranges having maximum height of 743 Metres and 816 Metres on the North.
3. The Pawri Range on the eastern side of the River Brahmani which is 678 Metres in height.
4. The Ushakothi Range in Kansar & Reamal Police Stations. The hill ranges have elevation ranging from 610 Metres to 762 Metres from the mean Sea Levels.

Climate/Weather in Gohira Dam :

Area experiences an extreme type of climate with hot and dry summers followed by humid monsoons and cold winters. Best time to visit this place is between Nov to Mar.

Summer - March to May

Average Minimum Temperature - 36° C

Average Minimum Temperature - 24° C

Average Precipitation - 40 mm

Monsoon - June to October

Average Minimum Temperature - 32° C

Average Minimum Temperature - 25° C

Average Precipitation - 220 mm

Summer - March to May

Average Minimum Temperature - 28° C

Average Minimum Temperature - 17° C

Average Precipitation - 23 mm

History of Gohira Dam :

Languages in Gohira Dam :

Odia
Hindi
English
Bengali

Interesting things to do Gohira Dam :

This is a Famous Picnic Place for local and nearby people. The scenery in Gohira Dam is refresh and surrounding of Dam is pleasure to watch. Local attractions can be visited at any time of the day, be it early morning, afternoon, evening or night, as suitable for travellers. Sightseeing in Sambalpur can be done by travellers, which will take half a day or one day, but to see all sightseeing places, travellers need to stay in Sambalpur.

Interesting things to Visit near by Gohira Dam :

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Burla, India
Lapanga
Kuchinda
Hirakud
Rairakhol

How to reach Gohira Dam ?

Rail - The nearest rail heads for Deogarh are at Sambalpur (90 km), Bamra on the Tatanagar-Bilaspur section of Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line (103 km), Jharsuguda (98 km) and Rourkela (115 km).

Road - Deogarh is connected with NH6 (Part of AH46) (Mumbai-Kolkata) and NH200 (Raipur-Chandikhole).The city is 90 km from Sambalpur, 115 km from Rourkela and 265 km from Bhubaneswar.

Air - The nearest airports for visiting places of interest in Deogarh District are at Bhubaneswar (265 km) and Raipur (376 km). A new airport is being constructed at Jharsuguda (98 km).