Reservoir · Karnataka · India · CWC · SOUTHERN region
Harangi
Harangi Dam
51.4% full
Gross capacity
12.1 TMC (343 MCM)
Live capacity
9.8 TMC (278 MCM)
River
Harangi
Basin
Cauvery
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
KA
Coordinates
12.792°N, 75.958°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Harangi Dam has a gross capacity of 12.1 TMC (343 MCM), of which 9.8 TMC (278 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 51.4% full, holding 4.0 TMC (113 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 12.1 TMC (343 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 9.8 TMC (278 MCM)
- Current storage
- 4.0 TMC (113 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
51.4%vs 7 days ago
-0.9 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-45.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
62%of normal
51.4% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 83.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-31.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Harangi 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 −2.39). 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. 12.792°N, 75.958°E · Open in Google Maps
About Harangi Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Harangi Dam has a published fill of 51.4%, holding 4.0 TMC (113 MCM). Gross capacity is 12.1 TMC (343 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 9.8 TMC (278 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.9 pp), and it is 45.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Harangi Dam — 167 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 23.0% (June 14, 2023) to a high of 99.0% (September 12, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around August and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by KA primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Cauvery basin at 12.792°N, 75.958°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 51.4%
- Water stored
- 4.0 TMC (113 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 12.1 TMC (343 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 9.8 TMC (278 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.9 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 45.7 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Harangi
- River basin
- Cauvery
- Operator
- KA
- Coordinates
- 12.792°N, 75.958°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 51.4% | 113 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 52.3% | 115 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 65.0% | 143 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 71.8% | 158 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 65.9% | 145 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 75.5% | 166 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 94.1% | 207 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 97.7% | 215 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 97.7% | 215 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 97.6% | 215 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 95.9% | 211 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 95.9% | 211 |