Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · WESTERN region
Majalgaon Dam
23.2% of live capacity
Gross capacity
16.0 TMC (454 MCM)
Live capacity
11.0 TMC (311 MCM)
River
Sindphana
Basin
Godavari
Primary use
multiple
Operator
MWRRA
Coordinates
19.151°N, 76.182°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Majalgaon Dam has a gross capacity of 16.0 TMC (454 MCM), of which 11.0 TMC (311 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 23.2% of live capacity, holding 2.5 TMC (72 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 16.0 TMC (454 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 11.0 TMC (311 MCM)
- Current storage
- 2.5 TMC (72 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
23.2%vs 7 days ago
-1.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Majalgaon Dam had well below normal rain, a shortfall seen about one year in six. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.09). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Year built
1987
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: WESTERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 19.151°N, 76.182°E · Open in Google Maps
About Majalgaon Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Majalgaon Dam is at 23.2% of useful capacity, holding 2.5 TMC (72 MCM) of 11.0 TMC (311 MCM). Of the gross 16.0 TMC (454 MCM), that is 15.9%. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.0 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Majalgaon Dam — 15 data points between July 16, 2026 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 16.3% (July 30, 2026) to a high of 28.7% (September 17, 2026).
The dam at Majalgaon Dam was completed in 1987. It is operated by MWRRA primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Godavari basin at 19.151°N, 76.182°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 23.2% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 2.5 TMC (72 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 16.0 TMC (454 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 11.0 TMC (311 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.0 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River
- Sindphana
- River basin
- Godavari
- Year completed
- 1987
- Operator
- MWRRA
- Coordinates
- 19.151°N, 76.182°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 23.2% | 72 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 24.2% | 76 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 26.1% | 81 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 28.2% | 88 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 28.5% | 89 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 28.7% | 89 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 26.4% | 83 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 24.4% | 76 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 23.7% | 74 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 22.3% | 70 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 20.7% | 65 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 18.3% | 57 |