Reservoir · West Bengal · India · CWC · EASTERN region
Kangsabati (Mukutmanipur)
Kangsabati Dam
52.7% full
Gross capacity
44.0 TMC (1,247 MCM)
Live capacity
38.7 TMC (1,097 MCM)
River
Kangsabati
Basin
Subarnarekha
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
WB
Coordinates
23.083°N, 87.133°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Kangsabati (Mukutmanipur) Dam has a gross capacity of 44.0 TMC (1,247 MCM), of which 38.7 TMC (1,097 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 52.7% full, holding 17.0 TMC (482 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 44.0 TMC (1,247 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 38.7 TMC (1,097 MCM)
- Current storage
- 17.0 TMC (482 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
52.7%vs 7 days ago
-0.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-2.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
86%of normal
52.7% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 61.0% for October across 3 years of readings (-8.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Kangsabati (Mukutmanipur) 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 +1.22). 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. 23.083°N, 87.133°E · Open in Google Maps
About Kangsabati Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Kangsabati Dam has a published fill of 52.7%, holding 17.0 TMC (482 MCM). Gross capacity is 44.0 TMC (1,247 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 38.7 TMC (1,097 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pp), and it is 2.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Kangsabati Dam — 152 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 9.4% (April 30, 2026) to a high of 90.7% (July 17, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by WB primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Subarnarekha basin at 23.083°N, 87.133°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 52.7%
- Water stored
- 17.0 TMC (482 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 44.0 TMC (1,247 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 38.7 TMC (1,097 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 2.4 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Kangsabati
- River basin
- Subarnarekha
- Operator
- WB
- Coordinates
- 23.083°N, 87.133°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 52.7% | 482 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 53.2% | 486 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 59.3% | 542 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 70.5% | 644 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 48.6% | 444 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 43.2% | 395 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 44.1% | 403 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 61.6% | 563 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 50.2% | 459 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 65.2% | 596 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 50.4% | 461 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 37.1% | 339 |