Reservoir · Odisha · India · CWC · EASTERN region
Hirakud
Hirakud Dam
83.9% full
Gross capacity
287.5 TMC (8,141 MCM)
Live capacity
205.5 TMC (5,819 MCM)
Basin
Mahanadi
Primary use
multiple
Operator
ODISHA
Coordinates
21.528°N, 83.873°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Hirakud Dam has a gross capacity of 287.5 TMC (8,141 MCM), of which 205.5 TMC (5,819 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 83.9% full, holding 159.4 TMC (4,514 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 287.5 TMC (8,141 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 205.5 TMC (5,819 MCM)
- Current storage
- 159.4 TMC (4,514 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
83.9%vs 7 days ago
-2.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-5.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
98%of normal
83.9% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 86.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-2.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Hirakud 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 +1.13). 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. 21.528°N, 83.873°E · Open in Google Maps
About Hirakud Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Hirakud Dam has a published fill of 83.9%, holding 159.4 TMC (4,514 MCM). Gross capacity is 287.5 TMC (8,141 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 205.5 TMC (5,819 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.0 percentage points, and it is 5.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Hirakud Dam — 169 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 13.0% (June 27, 2024) to a high of 90.0% (October 12, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by ODISHA primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Mahanadi basin at 21.528°N, 83.873°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 83.9%
- Water stored
- 159.4 TMC (4,514 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 287.5 TMC (8,141 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 205.5 TMC (5,819 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.0 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 5.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Mahanadi
- Operator
- ODISHA
- Coordinates
- 21.528°N, 83.873°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 83.9% | 4,514 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 86.0% | 4,623 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 89.7% | 4,823 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 88.3% | 4,749 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 88.6% | 4,763 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 88.7% | 4,770 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 85.0% | 4,569 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 79.8% | 4,292 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 68.4% | 3,678 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 55.7% | 2,996 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 41.6% | 2,235 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 41.1% | 2,211 |