Reservoir · Tripura · India · CWC · EASTERN region
Gumti
Gumti Dam
88.1% full
Gross capacity
35.1 TMC (994 MCM)
Live capacity
28.3 TMC (800 MCM)
River
Gumti
Basin
Barak
Primary use
hydropower
Operator
TSECL
Coordinates
23.442°N, 91.500°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Gumti Dam has a gross capacity of 35.1 TMC (994 MCM), of which 28.3 TMC (800 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 88.1% full, holding 9.7 TMC (275 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 35.1 TMC (994 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 28.3 TMC (800 MCM)
- Current storage
- 9.7 TMC (275 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
88.1%vs 7 days ago
-2.6 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-7.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
88.1% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 88.0% for October across 3 years of readings (+0.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Gumti had far less rain than normal, a shortfall seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.71). 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. 23.442°N, 91.500°E · Open in Google Maps
About Gumti Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Gumti Dam has a published fill of 88.1%, holding 9.7 TMC (275 MCM). Gross capacity is 35.1 TMC (994 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 28.3 TMC (800 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.6 percentage points, and it is 7.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Gumti Dam — 150 data points between June 7, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 27.0% (June 14, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (October 9, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by TSECL primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Barak basin at 23.442°N, 91.500°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 88.1%
- Water stored
- 9.7 TMC (275 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 35.1 TMC (994 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 28.3 TMC (800 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.6 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 7.4 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Gumti
- River basin
- Barak
- Operator
- TSECL
- Coordinates
- 23.442°N, 91.500°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 88.1% | 275 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 90.7% | 283 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 92.0% | 287 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 94.2% | 294 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 96.5% | 301 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 97.1% | 303 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 97.8% | 305 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 98.7% | 308 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 94.9% | 296 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 92.0% | 287 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 92.6% | 289 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 89.1% | 278 |