Reservoir · Rajasthan · India · CWC · NORTHERN region
Bisalpur
Bisalpur Dam
69.4% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
38.6 TMC (1,094 MCM)
Live capacity
36.0 TMC (1,018 MCM)
River
Banas
Basin
Ganga
Primary use
water supply
Operator
RAJASTHAN
Coordinates
25.950°N, 75.550°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Bisalpur Dam has a gross capacity of 38.6 TMC (1,094 MCM), of which 36.0 TMC (1,018 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 69.4% of gross capacity, holding 26.3 TMC (746 MCM) (73.3% of live capacity).
- Gross capacity
- 38.6 TMC (1,094 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 36.0 TMC (1,018 MCM)
- Current storage
- 26.3 TMC (746 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
69.4%vs 7 days ago
-1.6 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-30.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
80%of normal
69.4% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 87.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-17.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Bisalpur 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 −0.18). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: NORTHERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 25.950°N, 75.550°E · Open in Google Maps
About Bisalpur Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Bisalpur Dam is filled to 69.4% of its gross capacity, holding 26.3 TMC (746 MCM) of a gross 38.6 TMC (1,094 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 36.0 TMC (1,018 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.6 percentage points, and it is 30.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Bisalpur Dam — 170 data points between June 1, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 26.0% (June 27, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (September 12, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by RAJASTHAN primarily for water supply. It lies within the Ganga basin at 25.950°N, 75.550°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 69.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 26.3 TMC (746 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 38.6 TMC (1,094 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 36.0 TMC (1,018 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.6 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 30.7 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Banas
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- RAJASTHAN
- Coordinates
- 25.950°N, 75.550°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 69.3% | 746 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 71.0% | 764 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 72.6% | 781 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 74.3% | 799 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 75.3% | 811 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 75.0% | 807 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 76.1% | 819 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 75.7% | 815 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 76.3% | 820 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 75.3% | 811 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 69.9% | 752 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 66.5% | 715 |