Reservoir · Madhya Pradesh · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Barna Dam
66.0% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
16.1 TMC (456 MCM)
Live capacity
16.1 TMC (456 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
23.052°N, 78.063°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Barna Dam has a gross capacity of 16.1 TMC (456 MCM); it is currently at 66% of gross capacity, holding 10.6 TMC (301 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 16.1 TMC (456 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 16.1 TMC (456 MCM)
- Current storage
- 10.6 TMC (301 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
66.0%vs 7 days ago
-2.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-30.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
75%of normal
66.0% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 88.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-22.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Barna 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 +0.32). 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. 23.052°N, 78.063°E · Open in Google Maps
About Barna Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Barna Dam is filled to 66.0% of its gross capacity, holding 10.6 TMC (301 MCM) of a gross 16.1 TMC (456 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.0 percentage points, and it is 30.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Barna Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 30.0% (July 11, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (August 8, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 23.052°N, 78.063°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 66.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 10.6 TMC (301 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 16.1 TMC (456 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.0 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 30.7 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 23.052°N, 78.063°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 66.0% | 301 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 68.0% | 310 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 73.9% | 337 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 78.9% | 360 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 81.2% | 370 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 77.7% | 354 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 79.0% | 360 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 75.4% | 344 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 76.8% | 350 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 76.3% | 348 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 73.2% | 334 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 38.8% | 177 |