Reservoir · Kerala · India · CWC · SOUTHERN region
Kakki
Kakki Dam
64.0% full
Gross capacity
16.3 TMC (462 MCM)
Live capacity
14.1 TMC (398 MCM)
River
Pamba
Basin
West Flowing
Primary use
hydropower
Operator
KSEB
Coordinates
9.350°N, 77.150°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Kakki Dam has a gross capacity of 16.3 TMC (462 MCM), of which 14.1 TMC (398 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 64% full, holding 10.1 TMC (286 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 16.3 TMC (462 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 14.1 TMC (398 MCM)
- Current storage
- 10.1 TMC (286 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
64.0%vs 7 days ago
+1.1 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-18.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
93%of normal
64.0% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 69.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-5.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Kakki had well below normal rain, a shortfall seen about one year in six. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.07). 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. 9.350°N, 77.150°E · Open in Google Maps
About Kakki Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Kakki Dam has a published fill of 64.0%, holding 10.1 TMC (286 MCM). Gross capacity is 16.3 TMC (462 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 14.1 TMC (398 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 1.1 percentage points, and it is 18.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Kakki Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 10.0% (June 22, 2023) to a high of 86.7% (October 30, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around December and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by KSEB primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the West Flowing basin at 9.350°N, 77.150°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 64.0%
- Water stored
- 10.1 TMC (286 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 16.3 TMC (462 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 14.1 TMC (398 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 18.6 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Pamba
- River basin
- West Flowing
- Operator
- KSEB
- Coordinates
- 9.350°N, 77.150°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 64.0% | 286 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 62.9% | 281 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 64.2% | 287 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 65.1% | 291 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 66.0% | 295 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 67.3% | 301 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 69.1% | 309 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 70.0% | 313 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 68.5% | 306 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 66.6% | 298 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 63.3% | 283 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 53.9% | 241 |