{{short description|Barrage in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox dam | name = Sunkesula Barrage | name_official = Tungabhadra Barrage | image = Sunkesula Barrage.jpg | image_caption = | location_map = India Andhra Pradesh | location_map_size = 200px | location_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|15|52|57|N|77|49|38|E|type:landmark_region:IN-AP|display=inline,title}} | country = [[India]] | location = [[Kurnool]], [[Kurnool District]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] && [[Rajoli]], [[Jogulamba Gadwal district]], [[Telangana]] | construction_began = {{start date|1858}} | opening = {{start date|1861}} | owner = [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] | purpose = [[Irrigation]] & [[Water supply]] | dam_type = [[Barrage (Dam)|Barrage]] | dam_crosses = [[Tungabhadra River]] | dam_length = {{Convert|1,300|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | dam_height = {{Convert|163|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | dam_width_base = | spillway_count = 30 | spillway_type = Controlled | spillway_capacity = 2,08,363 [[cumec]]s | res_name = Sunkesula Reservoir | res_capacity_total = 1.25 [[Tmcft]] | res_catchment = {{Convert|172|km2|abbr=on}} | res_surface = {{Convert|60.32|km2|abbr=on}} | res_max_depth = | plant_operator = | plant_commission = | plant_decommission = | plant_turbines = | plant_capacity = | plant_annual_gen = | website = {{URL|https://irrigationap.cgg.gov.in/wrd/dashBoard}} }}
'''Sunkesula''' is one of the largest [[Barrage (dam)|barrage]]s across the [[Tungabhadra River]] in [[Kurnool district]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Sunkesula_Barrage_B01016|title= Sunkesula_Barrage_B01016 |accessdate=23 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/31/stories/2009103151440300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231140859/http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/31/stories/2009103151440300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-12-31|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2009-10-31|title=CII to adopt Sunkesula village}}</ref> [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/07/stories/2009100756260400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010030106/http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/07/stories/2009100756260400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-10-10|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2009-10-07|title=Sunkesula barrage suffers extensive damage}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/02/stories/2009100253730400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918013956/http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/02/stories/2009100253730400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-09-18|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2009-10-02|title=Sunkesula in peril}}</ref> It was built in 1861, during the [[British Raj]]], for transporting goods on the [[K. C. Canal]].
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[[Category:Dams in Andhra Pradesh]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Kurnool district]] [[Category:Dams completed in 1861]] [[Category:1851 establishments in India]]