Khairabera Dam

Khairabera is an irrigation reservoir in Baghmundi block, completed in 1989, at the foot of the Chemto (Chemtaburu) and Barra hills of the Ajodhya range. Low forested hills surround a wide sheet of water at the edge of Koreng village, and in spring the palash trees around it come into red flower.

The district administration describes Khairabera as an irrigation dam amid hills and forest, with a vast water body at the foot of the Chemto and Barra hills, and as a place with high potential for tourism. The reservoir lies at the edge of Koreng village, surrounded by low hills.

Outlook Traveller found the only sounds were water lapping on the rocky banks, cattle bells as village herds climbed to their grazing grounds and the cry of a kingfisher, with stars coming out over the water after sunset. A 2023 study of the hills' lakes put its surface at about 38 hectares and rated it high for scenery and easy to reach.

Above the lake rises Chemtaburu, usually given as the highest point of the Ajodhya range at about 700 m (some sources name Gorgaburu instead). In the local dialect chemta means flat and buru hill; the steep-sided granite-gneiss ridge looks like a crocodile's back and is popular for trekking.