Reservoir · Jharkhand · India · CWC · EASTERN region
Getalsud
Getalsud Dam
88.5% of live capacity
Gross capacity
8.0 TMC (226 MCM)
Live capacity
7.6 TMC (215 MCM)
Basin
Subarnarekha
Primary use
water supply
Operator
JH
Coordinates
23.417°N, 85.733°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Getalsud Dam has a gross capacity of 8.0 TMC (226 MCM), of which 7.6 TMC (215 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 88.5% of live capacity, holding 6.8 TMC (193 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 8.0 TMC (226 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 7.6 TMC (215 MCM)
- Current storage
- 6.8 TMC (193 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
88.5%vs 7 days ago
-2.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-3.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
96%of normal
88.5% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 92.0% for October across 2 years of readings (-3.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Getalsud had more rain than 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 +1.12). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: EASTERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 23.417°N, 85.733°E · Open in Google Maps
About Getalsud Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Getalsud Dam is at 88.5% of useful capacity, holding 6.8 TMC (193 MCM) of 7.6 TMC (215 MCM). Of the gross 8.0 TMC (226 MCM), that is 85.4%. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.4 percentage points, and it is 3.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Getalsud Dam — 77 data points between April 3, 2025 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 31.7% (June 25, 2026) to a high of 96.3% (October 8, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by JH primarily for water supply. It lies within the Subarnarekha basin at 23.417°N, 85.733°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 88.5% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 6.8 TMC (193 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 8.0 TMC (226 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 7.6 TMC (215 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 3.3 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River basin
- Subarnarekha
- Operator
- JH
- Coordinates
- 23.417°N, 85.733°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 88.5% | 193 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 90.9% | 198 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 96.3% | 210 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 95.4% | 208 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 82.2% | 179 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 84.4% | 184 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 88.5% | 193 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 88.9% | 194 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 86.7% | 189 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 87.6% | 191 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 77.9% | 170 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 68.8% | 150 |