Reservoir · Uttar Pradesh · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Jirgo
83.9% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
5.2 TMC (147 MCM)
Live capacity
5.2 TMC (147 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
25.049°N, 82.953°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Jirgo Dam has a gross capacity of 5.2 TMC (147 MCM); it is currently at 83.9% of gross capacity, holding 4.3 TMC (123 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 5.2 TMC (147 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 5.2 TMC (147 MCM)
- Current storage
- 4.3 TMC (123 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
-3.8 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-12.9 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
145%of normal
83.9% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 58.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+25.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Very wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Jirgo had much more rain than normal, 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: CENTRAL.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 25.049°N, 82.953°E · Open in Google Maps
About Jirgo
As of October 22, 2026, Jirgo is filled to 83.9% of its gross capacity, holding 4.3 TMC (123 MCM) of a gross 5.2 TMC (147 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 3.8 percentage points, and it is 12.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Jirgo — 167 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 1.0% (June 8, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (October 16, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 25.049°N, 82.953°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 83.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 4.3 TMC (123 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 5.2 TMC (147 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 3.8 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 12.9 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 25.049°N, 82.953°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 83.9% | 123 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 87.7% | 129 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 92.0% | 135 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 96.0% | 141 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 92.9% | 137 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 92.4% | 136 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 90.5% | 133 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 88.6% | 130 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 85.8% | 126 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 77.8% | 114 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 69.4% | 102 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 67.5% | 99 |