Reservoir · Madhya Pradesh · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Kolar
Kolar Dam
95.2% full
Gross capacity
6.3 TMC (179 MCM)
Live capacity
5.7 TMC (162 MCM)
River
Kolar
Basin
Narmada
Primary use
water supply
Operator
MP
Coordinates
22.983°N, 77.167°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Kolar Dam has a gross capacity of 6.3 TMC (179 MCM), of which 5.7 TMC (162 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 95.2% full, holding 9.1 TMC (257 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 6.3 TMC (179 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 5.7 TMC (162 MCM)
- Current storage
- 9.1 TMC (257 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
95.2%vs 7 days ago
-1.1 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-2.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
95.2% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 95.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+0.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Kolar 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 −0.33). 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. 22.983°N, 77.167°E · Open in Google Maps
About Kolar Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Kolar Dam has a published fill of 95.2%, holding 9.1 TMC (257 MCM). Gross capacity is 6.3 TMC (179 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 5.7 TMC (162 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.1 percentage points, and it is 2.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Kolar Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 35.0% (July 4, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (September 26, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by MP primarily for water supply. It lies within the Narmada basin at 22.983°N, 77.167°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 95.2%
- Water stored
- 9.1 TMC (257 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 6.3 TMC (179 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 5.7 TMC (162 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 2.6 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Kolar
- River basin
- Narmada
- Operator
- MP
- Coordinates
- 22.983°N, 77.167°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 95.2% | 257 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 96.3% | 260 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 97.0% | 262 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 97.3% | 263 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 97.5% | 263 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 95.7% | 258 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 92.6% | 250 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 86.3% | 233 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 83.3% | 225 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 80.1% | 216 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 75.3% | 203 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 58.1% | 157 |