Mangalam Dam

Mangalam Dam
Mangalam Dam
Location of Mangalam Dam in India
Mangalam Dam (Kerala)
Mangalam Dam (Tamil Nadu)
Coordinates10°30′33″N 76°32′06″E / 10.50917°N 76.53500°E / 10.50917; 76.53500
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsCherukunnapuzha

Mangalam Dam is a dam built across the river Cherukunnapuzha (a tributary of Mangalam River) in Palakkad district of Kerala, India. The dam has a capacity of 25,340,000 cubic feet (718,000 m3). A canal system for irrigation purposes was completed and opened in 1966, in the Alathur taluk of Palakkad district.

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