Reservoir · Chhattisgarh · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Dudhawa
Dudhawa Dam
86.5% full
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
2026-09-10
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 87% full, holding 8.7 TMC (246 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 9.9 TMC (280 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 8.5 TMC (241 MCM)
- Current storage
- 8.7 TMC (246 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
86.5%vs 7 days ago
-0.5%losing
vs 1 year ago
+28.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
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. 21.667, 81.167 · Open in Google Maps
About Dudhawa Dam
As of September 10, 2026, Dudhawa Dam is filled to 86.5% of its total capacity, holding 8.7 TMC (246 MCM) of a gross 9.9 TMC (280 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 8.5 TMC (241 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.5 pts), and it is 28.7 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Dudhawa Dam — 166 data points between June 8, 2023 and September 10, 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
- 86.5%
- Water stored
- 8.7 TMC (246 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 9.9 TMC (280 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 8.5 TMC (241 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.5 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 28.7 pts
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Sheonath
- River basin
- Mahanadi
- Operator
- CG
- Coordinates
- 21.667°N, 81.167°E
- Last updated
- September 10, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2 Jul 2026 | 73.1% | 208 |
| 25 Jun 2026 | 74.1% | 210 |