Reservoir · Chhattisgarh · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Dudhawa
Dudhawa Dam
95.5% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
9.9 TMC (280 MCM)
Live capacity
8.5 TMC (241 MCM)
River
Sheonath
Basin
Mahanadi
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
CG
Coordinates
21.667°N, 81.167°E
Last updated
2026-09-24
Capacity in TMC
Dudhawa Dam has a gross capacity of 9.9 TMC (280 MCM), of which 8.5 TMC (241 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 95.5% of gross capacity, holding 9.6 TMC (271 MCM) (112.4% of live capacity).
- Gross capacity
- 9.9 TMC (280 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 8.5 TMC (241 MCM)
- Current storage
- 9.6 TMC (271 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
95.5%vs 7 days ago
Stale7-day trend
StaleDrought context
Storage vs September average
121%of normal
95.5% full on 2026-09-24, against an average of 79.0% for September across 4 years of readings (+16.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Dudhawa 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 +0.93). 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. 21.667°N, 81.167°E · Open in Google Maps
About Dudhawa Dam
As of September 24, 2026, Dudhawa Dam is filled to 95.5% of its gross capacity, holding 9.6 TMC (271 MCM) of a gross 9.9 TMC (280 MCM). The reading is past the freshness window, so it is shown as stale. Of that total, 8.5 TMC (241 MCM) is live storage.
The 7-day change is not shown, because the latest reading is past the freshness window.
Across the readings we hold for Dudhawa Dam — 167 data points between June 8, 2023 and September 24, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 13.0% (May 30, 2024) to a high of 99.0% (September 19, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CG primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Mahanadi basin at 21.667°N, 81.167°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 95.5% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 9.6 TMC (271 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 9.9 TMC (280 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 8.5 TMC (241 MCM)
- 7-day change
- Stale
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Sheonath
- River basin
- Mahanadi
- Operator
- CG
- Coordinates
- 21.667°N, 81.167°E
- Last updated
- September 24, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 2026 | 95.5% | 271 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 93.6% | 266 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 86.5% | 246 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 86.9% | 247 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 81.1% | 230 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 73.6% | 209 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 82.2% | 233 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 88.8% | 252 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 81.2% | 231 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 74.1% | 210 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 72.5% | 206 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | 72.8% | 207 |