Tilaiya Dam
The first of the four Damodar Valley dams, opened on the Barakar in 1953.
- Where
- Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 24.3239, 85.5211
Get the Tilaiya Dam stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Tilaiya Dam. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Jharkhand volume with your photos and a note.
Near Tilaiya Dam
Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary 24 km
Forest on the Bihar-Jharkhand border in the Rajgir hills, dry and little visited.
Itkhori 36 km
Buddhist, Jain and Hindu carving in one compound.
Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary 42 km
Sal and bamboo on the Chota Nagpur plateau, with watchtowers built over waterholes for counting.
Dashrath Manjhi Path 54 km
One man, one hammer, twenty two years, one road through a hill.
Kakolat Falls 55 km
A curtain of water in the Jharkhand foothills.
Mahabodhi Temple 68 km
Beside the descendant of the tree the Buddha sat under, and one of the earliest brick temples still standing in India.
Vishnupad Temple 72 km
A footprint in rock, and the rites for the dead.
Mangla Gauri Temple 73 km
A shakti peetha on a hill at Gaya where the breast is said to have fallen.
More hidden gems in Jharkhand
Questions
Where is Tilaiya Dam?
Tilaiya Dam is in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary (24 km), Itkhori (36 km), Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary (42 km).
How do I get the Tilaiya Dam stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Tilaiya Dam and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Jharkhand volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Tilaiya Dam before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Jharkhand volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.