Reservoir · Assam · India · CWC · EASTERN region
Khandong
Khandong Dam
23.7% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
6.4 TMC (180 MCM)
Live capacity
6.4 TMC (180 MCM)
River
Kopili
Basin
Brahmaputra
Primary use
hydropower
Operator
NEEPCO
Coordinates
25.870°N, 93.170°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Khandong Dam has a gross capacity of 6.4 TMC (180 MCM); it is currently at 23.7% of gross capacity, holding 1.5 TMC (43 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 6.4 TMC (180 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 6.4 TMC (180 MCM)
- Current storage
- 1.5 TMC (43 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
23.7%vs 7 days ago
-3.6 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-20.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
52%of normal
23.7% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 46.0% for October across 2 years of readings (-22.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Khandong 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 −0.90). 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. 25.870°N, 93.170°E · Open in Google Maps
About Khandong Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Khandong Dam is filled to 23.7% of its gross capacity, holding 1.5 TMC (43 MCM) of a gross 6.4 TMC (180 MCM). At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 3.6 percentage points, and it is 20.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Khandong Dam — 77 data points between April 3, 2025 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 5.1% (March 12, 2026) to a high of 86.1% (August 28, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around August and at its lowest around March.
It is operated by NEEPCO primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Brahmaputra basin at 25.870°N, 93.170°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 23.7% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 1.5 TMC (43 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 6.4 TMC (180 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 3.6 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 20.2 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Kopili
- River basin
- Brahmaputra
- Operator
- NEEPCO
- Coordinates
- 25.870°N, 93.170°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 23.7% | 43 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 27.3% | 49 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 29.7% | 53 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 31.0% | 56 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 33.8% | 61 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 42.6% | 77 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 52.2% | 94 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 61.2% | 110 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 58.7% | 106 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 60.8% | 109 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 68.6% | 123 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 77.3% | 139 |