Jawai Bandh, Pali, Rajasthan India

Jawai Bandh is a village also situated near to the dam and a railway station on Ajmer-Ahmedabad route. With the same name, a dam built across the Jawai river, a tributary of Luni river. It comes under Sumerpur Tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.

The dam was built by Maharaja Umaid Singh of Jodhpur. the work started on 12th May 1946 and it got completed in 1957. Total expenditure was Rupees 2 crore 7 Lakhs. This village covers an area of 500 km². This is the biggest dam in the western Rajasthan. Its height is about 61.25 feet (18.67 m). Sei dam and Kalibor dam are the feeder dams of the Jawai dam.

Besides being a Winter paradise for migratory birds, it is the main water supply source for Jodhpur city and parts of Pali district. If there is sufficient water in the dam, then some villages of Jalore district and Pali district get water for irrigation from the Jawai dam, which was the main aim in making this dam.

Jawai Bandh is one of the very important railway station between Ahmedabad and New Delhi railway line for the people who commute to the other places for their livelihoods. Majority of trains running on this route are having stoppage at this railway station.