Reservoir · Karnataka · India · CWC · SOUTHERN region
Karanja Dam
55.4% of live capacity
Gross capacity
7.7 TMC (218 MCM)
Live capacity
7.3 TMC (207 MCM)
River
Karanja
Basin
Godavari
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
KA
Coordinates
17.888°N, 77.313°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Karanja Dam has a gross capacity of 7.7 TMC (218 MCM), of which 7.3 TMC (207 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 55.4% of live capacity, holding 4.1 TMC (115 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 7.7 TMC (218 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 7.3 TMC (207 MCM)
- Current storage
- 4.1 TMC (115 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
55.4%vs 7 days ago
-1.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Karanja Dam 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 −1.18). 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. 17.888°N, 77.313°E · Open in Google Maps
About Karanja Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Karanja Dam is at 55.4% of useful capacity, holding 4.1 TMC (115 MCM) of 7.3 TMC (207 MCM). Of the gross 7.7 TMC (218 MCM), that is 52.8%. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.7 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Karanja Dam — 15 data points between July 16, 2026 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 55.4% (October 22, 2026) to a high of 62.6% (August 13, 2026).
It is operated by KA primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Godavari basin at 17.888°N, 77.313°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 55.4% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 4.1 TMC (115 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 7.7 TMC (218 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 7.3 TMC (207 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.7 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Karanja
- River basin
- Godavari
- Operator
- KA
- Coordinates
- 17.888°N, 77.313°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 55.4% | 115 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 57.1% | 119 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 57.2% | 119 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 57.4% | 119 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 57.5% | 119 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 57.7% | 120 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 57.7% | 120 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 60.2% | 125 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 61.9% | 129 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 62.2% | 129 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 62.5% | 130 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 61.6% | 128 |