Reservoir · Jharkhand · India · CWC · EASTERN region
Konar
Konar Dam
100.0% full
Gross capacity
17.6 TMC (499 MCM)
Live capacity
15.6 TMC (441 MCM)
River
Konar
Basin
Ganga
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
DVC
Coordinates
23.739°N, 85.717°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Konar Dam has a gross capacity of 17.6 TMC (499 MCM), of which 15.6 TMC (441 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 100% full, holding 6.2 TMC (176 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 17.6 TMC (499 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 15.6 TMC (441 MCM)
- Current storage
- 6.2 TMC (176 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
100.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
0.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
101%of normal
100.0% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 99.0% for October across 2 years of readings (+1.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Konar 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 +0.95). 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. 23.739°N, 85.717°E · Open in Google Maps
About Konar Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Konar Dam has a published fill of 100.0%, holding 6.2 TMC (176 MCM). Gross capacity is 17.6 TMC (499 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 15.6 TMC (441 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Konar Dam — 77 data points between April 3, 2025 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 14.2% (June 19, 2025) to a high of 100.0% (September 18, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by DVC primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Ganga basin at 23.739°N, 85.717°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 100.0%
- Water stored
- 6.2 TMC (176 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 17.6 TMC (499 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 15.6 TMC (441 MCM)
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Konar
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- DVC
- Coordinates
- 23.739°N, 85.717°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 176 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 176 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 176 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 176 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 88.6% | 156 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 93.8% | 165 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 84.7% | 149 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 72.7% | 128 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 61.4% | 108 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 55.7% | 98 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 44.3% | 78 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 33.0% | 58 |