Reservoir · Madhya Pradesh · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Bansagar
Bansagar Dam
100.0% 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
2026-09-10
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 100% full, holding 182.4 TMC (5,166 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 191.1 TMC (5,410 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 131.0 TMC (3,710 MCM)
- Current storage
- 182.4 TMC (5,166 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 the Central Water Commission bulletin, which publishes million cubic metres.
Current fill
100.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
0.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC (Central Water Commission) Weekly Storage Bulletin, India. CWC region: CENTRAL.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Bansagar Dam
As of September 10, 2026, Bansagar Dam is filled to 100.0% of its total capacity, holding 182.4 TMC (5,166 MCM) of a gross 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 (+0.0 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Bansagar Dam — 166 data points between June 8, 2023 and September 10, 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
- 100.0%
- Water stored
- 182.4 TMC (5,166 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 191.1 TMC (5,410 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 131.0 TMC (3,710 MCM)
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River
- Son
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- MP/UP
- Coordinates
- 24.172°N, 81.378°E
- Last updated
- September 10, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 53.7% | 2,775 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 48.9% | 2,527 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 48.4% | 2,501 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | 49.4% | 2,554 |
| 2 Jul 2026 | 48.8% | 2,521 |
| 25 Jun 2026 | 51.6% | 2,665 |