Reservoir · Karnataka · India · CWC · SOUTHERN region
Ghataprabha (Hidkal)
Hidkal Dam / Ghataprabha Reservoir
94.7% full
Gross capacity
37.5 TMC (1,062 MCM)
Live capacity
34.3 TMC (972 MCM)
River
Ghataprabha
Basin
Krishna
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
KA
Coordinates
16.167°N, 74.700°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Ghataprabha (Hidkal) Dam has a gross capacity of 37.5 TMC (1,062 MCM), of which 34.3 TMC (972 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 94.7% full, holding 46.5 TMC (1,317 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 37.5 TMC (1,062 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 34.3 TMC (972 MCM)
- Current storage
- 46.5 TMC (1,317 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
94.7%vs 7 days ago
-0.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-5.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
94.7% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 96.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-1.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Ghataprabha (Hidkal) had extremely little rain for the season, a shortfall seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −3.18). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: SOUTHERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 16.167°N, 74.700°E · Open in Google Maps
About Hidkal Dam / Ghataprabha Reservoir
As of October 22, 2026, Hidkal Dam / Ghataprabha Reservoir has a published fill of 94.7%, holding 46.5 TMC (1,317 MCM). Gross capacity is 37.5 TMC (1,062 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 34.3 TMC (972 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.2 pp), and it is 5.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Hidkal Dam / Ghataprabha Reservoir — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 4.0% (June 15, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (August 14, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by KA primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Krishna basin at 16.167°N, 74.700°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 94.7%
- Water stored
- 46.5 TMC (1,317 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 37.5 TMC (1,062 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 34.3 TMC (972 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 5.3 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Ghataprabha
- River basin
- Krishna
- Operator
- KA
- Coordinates
- 16.167°N, 74.700°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 94.7% | 1,317 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 94.9% | 1,320 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 95.1% | 1,323 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 95.2% | 1,324 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 95.2% | 1,324 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 95.0% | 1,321 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 94.9% | 1,320 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 95.1% | 1,323 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 94.8% | 1,318 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 95.2% | 1,324 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 91.8% | 1,277 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 80.3% | 1,117 |