Reservoir · Bihar · India · Bihar WRD
Badua Dam
13.3% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
3.9 TMC (110 MCM)
Live capacity
3.9 TMC (110 MCM)
River
Badua
Basin
Ganga
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
BIHAR
Coordinates
24.950°N, 86.650°E
Last updated
2026-10-28
Capacity in TMC
Badua Dam has a gross capacity of 3.9 TMC (110 MCM); it is currently at 13.3% of gross capacity, holding 0.53 TMC (15 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 3.9 TMC (110 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 3.9 TMC (110 MCM)
- Current storage
- 0.53 TMC (15 MCM)
TMC is thousand million cubic feet, the unit used in Indian water reporting. 1 TMC = 28.3168 million cubic metres (MCM). Figures are converted from Bihar WRD, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
13.3%vs 22 Oct 2026
-7.6 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/ATrend
↓falling
Drought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Badua Dam had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index 0.00). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: Bihar WRD.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 24.950°N, 86.650°E · Open in Google Maps
About Badua Dam
As of October 28, 2026, Badua Dam is filled to 13.3% of its gross capacity, holding 0.53 TMC (15 MCM) of a gross 3.9 TMC (110 MCM). At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Since October 22, 2026 the fill level has fallen by 7.6 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Badua Dam — 23 data points between June 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 8.1% (August 28, 2026) to a high of 32.1% (October 1, 2026).
It is operated by BIHAR primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Ganga basin at 24.950°N, 86.650°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 13.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 0.53 TMC (15 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 3.9 TMC (110 MCM)
- Change since October 22, 2026
- ▼ 7.6 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Badua
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- BIHAR
- Coordinates
- 24.950°N, 86.650°E
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 13.3% | 15 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 19.4% | 21 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 20.9% | 23 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 26.5% | 29 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 28.8% | 32 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 32.1% | 35 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 14.6% | 16 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 16.1% | 18 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 15.9% | 17 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 11.4% | 13 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | 8.1% | 9 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 9.0% | 10 |