Reservoir · Gujarat · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Dantiwada
Dantiwada Dam
21.9% full
Gross capacity
22.5 TMC (637 MCM)
Live capacity
20.6 TMC (583 MCM)
River
Banas
Basin
West Flowing
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
GUJARAT
Coordinates
24.333°N, 72.433°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Dantiwada Dam has a gross capacity of 22.5 TMC (637 MCM), of which 20.6 TMC (583 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 21.9% full, holding 3.1 TMC (87 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 22.5 TMC (637 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 20.6 TMC (583 MCM)
- Current storage
- 3.1 TMC (87 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
21.9%vs 7 days ago
-0.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-71.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
33%of normal
21.9% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 66.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-44.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Dantiwada 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 −0.16). 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. 24.333°N, 72.433°E · Open in Google Maps
About Dantiwada Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Dantiwada Dam has a published fill of 21.9%, holding 3.1 TMC (87 MCM). Gross capacity is 22.5 TMC (637 MCM). At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, 20.6 TMC (583 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pp), and it is 71.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Dantiwada Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (July 9, 2026) to a high of 97.0% (October 5, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by GUJARAT primarily for irrigation. It lies within the West Flowing basin at 24.333°N, 72.433°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 21.9%
- Water stored
- 3.1 TMC (87 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 22.5 TMC (637 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 20.6 TMC (583 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 71.6 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Banas
- River basin
- West Flowing
- Operator
- GUJARAT
- Coordinates
- 24.333°N, 72.433°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 21.9% | 87 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 22.3% | 89 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 22.6% | 90 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 23.1% | 92 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 23.4% | 93 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 23.4% | 94 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 23.7% | 95 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 23.9% | 96 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 24.4% | 97 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 24.4% | 98 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 24.5% | 98 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 24.8% | 99 |