Reservoir · Gujarat · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Karjan
89.2% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
18.5 TMC (523 MCM)
Live capacity
18.5 TMC (523 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
21.816°N, 73.536°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Karjan Dam has a gross capacity of 18.5 TMC (523 MCM); it is currently at 89.2% of gross capacity, holding 16.5 TMC (467 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 18.5 TMC (523 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 18.5 TMC (523 MCM)
- Current storage
- 16.5 TMC (467 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
89.2%vs 7 days ago
-0.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-9.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
93%of normal
89.2% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 96.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-6.8 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Karjan 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 +0.15). 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. 21.816°N, 73.536°E · Open in Google Maps
About Karjan
As of October 22, 2026, Karjan is filled to 89.2% of its gross capacity, holding 16.5 TMC (467 MCM) of a gross 18.5 TMC (523 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pp), and it is 9.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Karjan — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 5.0% (June 22, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (December 4, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 21.816°N, 73.536°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 89.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 16.5 TMC (467 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 18.5 TMC (523 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 9.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 21.816°N, 73.536°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 89.2% | 467 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 89.9% | 470 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 90.7% | 474 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 90.2% | 472 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 89.0% | 465 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 84.1% | 440 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 98.4% | 515 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 98.4% | 515 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 73.4% | 384 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 68.1% | 356 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 66.6% | 348 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 65.8% | 344 |