Reservoir · Karnataka · India · CWC · SOUTHERN region
Linganamakki
Linganamakki Dam
51.1% full
Gross capacity
53.4 TMC (1,512 MCM)
Live capacity
45.7 TMC (1,295 MCM)
River
Sharavathi
Basin
West Flowing
Primary use
hydropower
Operator
KPCL
Coordinates
14.183°N, 74.867°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Linganamakki Dam has a gross capacity of 53.4 TMC (1,512 MCM), of which 45.7 TMC (1,295 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 51.1% full, holding 77.4 TMC (2,192 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 53.4 TMC (1,512 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 45.7 TMC (1,295 MCM)
- Current storage
- 77.4 TMC (2,192 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
51.1%vs 7 days ago
-1.1 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-41.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
69%of normal
51.1% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 74.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-22.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Linganamakki had extremely little rain for the season, a shortfall seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −2.50). 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. 14.183°N, 74.867°E · Open in Google Maps
About Linganamakki Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Linganamakki Dam has a published fill of 51.1%, holding 77.4 TMC (2,192 MCM). Gross capacity is 53.4 TMC (1,512 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 45.7 TMC (1,295 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.1 percentage points, and it is 41.0 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Linganamakki Dam — 170 data points between June 5, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 7.0% (June 22, 2023) to a high of 98.0% (September 12, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by KPCL primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the West Flowing basin at 14.183°N, 74.867°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 51.1%
- Water stored
- 77.4 TMC (2,192 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 53.4 TMC (1,512 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 45.7 TMC (1,295 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 41.0 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Sharavathi
- River basin
- West Flowing
- Operator
- KPCL
- Coordinates
- 14.183°N, 74.867°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 51.0% | 2,192 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 52.1% | 2,238 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 53.8% | 2,308 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 55.3% | 2,373 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 56.1% | 2,409 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 57.6% | 2,473 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 59.4% | 2,550 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 60.5% | 2,598 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 58.5% | 2,513 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 56.4% | 2,420 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 52.9% | 2,272 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 46.0% | 1,973 |