Reservoir · Gujarat · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Kadana
Kadana Dam
52.8% full
Gross capacity
60.7 TMC (1,719 MCM)
Live capacity
53.7 TMC (1,520 MCM)
River
Mahi
Basin
West Flowing
Primary use
hydropower
Operator
GUJARAT
Coordinates
23.266°N, 73.777°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Kadana Dam has a gross capacity of 60.7 TMC (1,719 MCM), of which 53.7 TMC (1,520 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 52.8% full, holding 27.4 TMC (777 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 60.7 TMC (1,719 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 53.7 TMC (1,520 MCM)
- Current storage
- 27.4 TMC (777 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
52.8%vs 7 days ago
-3.5 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-28.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
69%of normal
52.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 76.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-23.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Kadana had rain close to 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 −0.33). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: UNKNOWN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 23.266°N, 73.777°E · Open in Google Maps
About Kadana Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Kadana Dam has a published fill of 52.8%, holding 27.4 TMC (777 MCM). Gross capacity is 60.7 TMC (1,719 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 53.7 TMC (1,520 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 3.5 percentage points, and it is 28.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Kadana Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 17.0% (July 25, 2024) to a high of 81.0% (September 28, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by GUJARAT primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the West Flowing basin at 23.266°N, 73.777°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 52.8%
- Water stored
- 27.4 TMC (777 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 60.7 TMC (1,719 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 53.7 TMC (1,520 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 3.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 28.2 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Mahi
- River basin
- West Flowing
- Operator
- GUJARAT
- Coordinates
- 23.266°N, 73.777°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 52.8% | 777 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 56.3% | 828 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 59.7% | 878 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 59.2% | 871 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 57.6% | 847 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 47.8% | 703 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 45.8% | 674 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 46.9% | 691 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 49.7% | 732 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 49.0% | 721 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 43.3% | 638 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 39.2% | 577 |