Reservoir · Karnataka · India · CWC · SOUTHERN region
Bhadra
Bhadra Dam
67.1% full
Gross capacity
66.5 TMC (1,882 MCM)
Live capacity
55.4 TMC (1,568 MCM)
River
Bhadra
Basin
Cauvery
Primary use
multiple
Operator
KA
Coordinates
13.719°N, 75.608°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Bhadra Dam has a gross capacity of 66.5 TMC (1,882 MCM), of which 55.4 TMC (1,568 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 67.1% full, holding 42.3 TMC (1,197 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 66.5 TMC (1,882 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 55.4 TMC (1,568 MCM)
- Current storage
- 42.3 TMC (1,197 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
67.1%vs 7 days ago
-0.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-32.9 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
84%of normal
67.1% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 80.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-12.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Bhadra had extremely little rain for the season, a shortfall 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 −2.77). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: SOUTHERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 13.719°N, 75.608°E · Open in Google Maps
About Bhadra Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Bhadra Dam has a published fill of 67.1%, holding 42.3 TMC (1,197 MCM). Gross capacity is 66.5 TMC (1,882 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 55.4 TMC (1,568 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.2 pp), and it is 32.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Bhadra Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 8.0% (May 9, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (October 10, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by KA primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Cauvery basin at 13.719°N, 75.608°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 67.1%
- Water stored
- 42.3 TMC (1,197 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 66.5 TMC (1,882 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 55.4 TMC (1,568 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 32.9 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River
- Bhadra
- River basin
- Cauvery
- Operator
- KA
- Coordinates
- 13.719°N, 75.608°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 67.1% | 1,197 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 67.3% | 1,201 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 67.9% | 1,213 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 69.8% | 1,247 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 73.5% | 1,311 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 76.9% | 1,373 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 77.4% | 1,382 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 76.9% | 1,373 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 73.7% | 1,315 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 69.5% | 1,240 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 65.5% | 1,170 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 56.4% | 1,008 |