page_title: Mayurakshi River
section_title: Tilpara Barrage
hierarchical_section_title: Mayurakshi River / Floods and their control / Tilpara Barrage
caption_attribution_description: English: Tilpara Barrage near Suri
context_page_description: Mayurakshi River is a major river in Jharkhand and West Bengal, India, with a long history of devastating floods.
  It has its source on Trikut hill, about 16 kilometres from Deoghar in Jharkhand state. It flows through Jharkhand and then through the districts of Birbhum and Murshidabad in West Bengal before flowing into the Hooghly River. The river is about 250 kilometres long.
  Mayurakshi literally means "peacock eyes". The comparison is with the beautiful feathers on a peacock's tail. Mayurakshi though named after its crystal clear water of the dry seasons, floods its valley during the monsoons. Even after the construction of the Massanjore dam, it wreaks havoc with its floods, washing away embankments.
context_section_description: Apart from the Massanjore Dam there is a barrage, some 32 kilometres (20 mi) downstream, at Tilpara, near  Suri. The barrage is 309 metres (1,013 ft) long and had cost Rs. 1.11 crore.
caption: Tilpara Barrage near Suri
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