Reservoir · Madhya Pradesh · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Bansagar
Bansagar Dam
99.1% full
Gross capacity
191.1 TMC (5,410 MCM)
Live capacity
131.0 TMC (3,710 MCM)
River
Son
Basin
Ganga
Primary use
multiple
Operator
MP/UP
Coordinates
24.172°N, 81.378°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Bansagar Dam has a gross capacity of 191.1 TMC (5,410 MCM), of which 131.0 TMC (3,710 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 99.1% full, holding 180.8 TMC (5,121 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 191.1 TMC (5,410 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 131.0 TMC (3,710 MCM)
- Current storage
- 180.8 TMC (5,121 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 CWC, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
99.1%vs 7 days ago
-0.9 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-0.9 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
99.1% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 99.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+0.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Bansagar had exceptionally wet conditions, a surplus seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index +2.51). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: CENTRAL.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 24.172°N, 81.378°E · Open in Google Maps
About Bansagar Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Bansagar Dam has a published fill of 99.1%, holding 180.8 TMC (5,121 MCM). Gross capacity is 191.1 TMC (5,410 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 131.0 TMC (3,710 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.9 pp), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Bansagar Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 32.0% (July 4, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (September 29, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by MP/UP primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Ganga basin at 24.172°N, 81.378°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 99.1%
- Water stored
- 180.8 TMC (5,121 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 191.1 TMC (5,410 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 131.0 TMC (3,710 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.9 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 0.9 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River
- Son
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- MP/UP
- Coordinates
- 24.172°N, 81.378°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 99.1% | 5,121 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 5,166 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 5,166 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 5,166 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 5,166 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 5,166 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 5,166 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 5,166 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 96.7% | 4,994 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 72.8% | 3,763 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 59.5% | 3,073 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 55.0% | 2,844 |