Reservoir · Gujarat · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Dantiwada
Dantiwada Dam
23.4% 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
2026-09-24
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 23% full, holding 3.3 TMC (93 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 22.5 TMC (637 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 20.6 TMC (583 MCM)
- Current storage
- 3.3 TMC (93 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 the Central Water Commission bulletin, which publishes million cubic metres.
Current fill
23.4%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
-67.3%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs September average
38%of normal
23.4% full on 2026-09-24, against an average of 61.0% for September across 4 years of readings (-37.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 21 September 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 −0.57). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC (Central Water Commission) Weekly Storage Bulletin, India. 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, 72.433 · Open in Google Maps
About Dantiwada Dam
As of September 24, 2026, Dantiwada Dam is filled to 23.4% of its total capacity, holding 3.3 TMC (93 MCM) of a gross 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 (+-0.0 pts), and it is 67.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Dantiwada Dam — 167 data points between June 8, 2023 and September 24, 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 October 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
- 23.4%
- Water stored
- 3.3 TMC (93 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 22.5 TMC (637 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 20.6 TMC (583 MCM)
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 67.3 pts
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Banas
- River basin
- West Flowing
- Operator
- GUJARAT
- Coordinates
- 24.333°N, 72.433°E
- Last updated
- September 24, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 25.0% | 100 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 24.2% | 97 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 24.5% | 98 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | 0.0% | 0 |