Dantiwada Dam

The Dantiwada Dam is a mud and masonry dam on the West Banas River near Dantiwada, Banaskantha district of northern Gujarat in India. The dam was constructed in 1965 mainly for irrigation and flood control.

111 total villages are under command of the Dantiwada Dam, of which 12 villages are partially submerged. Total land submerged under the reservoir include 1215 ha forest land, 810 ha wasteland, 2025 ha cultivable land.

It irrigated 50284 ha in 1994–95.

The Dantiwada Dam failed in 1973, 8 years after it was constructed.

On 10 April 2015, Government of Gujarat declared inr 1100000000 for the Dantiwada Dam oriented group water supply project benefiting 123 villages of three talukas.