Reservoir · Gujarat · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Bhadar
Bhadar Dam
17.8% full
Gross capacity
10.0 TMC (283 MCM)
Live capacity
9.2 TMC (261 MCM)
River
Bhadar
Basin
West Flowing
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
GUJARAT
Coordinates
21.783°N, 70.650°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Bhadar Dam has a gross capacity of 10.0 TMC (283 MCM), of which 9.2 TMC (261 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 17.8% full, holding 1.2 TMC (33 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 10.0 TMC (283 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 9.2 TMC (261 MCM)
- Current storage
- 1.2 TMC (33 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
17.8%vs 7 days ago
-1.1 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-82.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
22%of normal
17.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 80.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-62.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Bhadar 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 −0.05). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: UNKNOWN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 21.783°N, 70.650°E · Open in Google Maps
About Bhadar Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Bhadar Dam has a published fill of 17.8%, holding 1.2 TMC (33 MCM). Gross capacity is 10.0 TMC (283 MCM). At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, 9.2 TMC (261 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.1 percentage points, and it is 82.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Bhadar Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 7.0% (June 27, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (September 5, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by GUJARAT primarily for irrigation. It lies within the West Flowing basin at 21.783°N, 70.650°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 17.8%
- Water stored
- 1.2 TMC (33 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 10.0 TMC (283 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 9.2 TMC (261 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 82.2 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Bhadar
- River basin
- West Flowing
- Operator
- GUJARAT
- Coordinates
- 21.783°N, 70.650°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 17.8% | 33 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 18.9% | 36 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 19.8% | 37 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 20.2% | 38 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 20.2% | 38 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 20.2% | 38 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 20.7% | 39 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 22.2% | 42 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 23.4% | 44 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 23.9% | 45 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 24.4% | 46 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 24.4% | 46 |