Reservoir · Odisha · India · CWC · EASTERN region
Mandira
Mandira Dam
50.3% full
Gross capacity
14.0 TMC (397 MCM)
Live capacity
12.9 TMC (365 MCM)
River
Sankh
Basin
Brahmani
Primary use
water supply
Operator
ODISHA
Coordinates
22.117°N, 84.717°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Mandira Dam has a gross capacity of 14.0 TMC (397 MCM), of which 12.9 TMC (365 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 50.3% full, holding 5.5 TMC (155 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 14.0 TMC (397 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 12.9 TMC (365 MCM)
- Current storage
- 5.5 TMC (155 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
50.3%vs 7 days ago
+2.9 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-25.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
75%of normal
50.3% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 67.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-16.7 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Mandira had more rain than 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 +1.40). 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. 22.117°N, 84.717°E · Open in Google Maps
About Mandira Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Mandira Dam has a published fill of 50.3%, holding 5.5 TMC (155 MCM). Gross capacity is 14.0 TMC (397 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 12.9 TMC (365 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 2.9 percentage points, and it is 25.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Mandira Dam — 166 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 21.6% (September 3, 2026) to a high of 83.0% (October 19, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around December and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by ODISHA primarily for water supply. It lies within the Brahmani basin at 22.117°N, 84.717°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 50.3%
- Water stored
- 5.5 TMC (155 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 14.0 TMC (397 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 12.9 TMC (365 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▲ 2.9 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 25.4 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Sankh
- River basin
- Brahmani
- Operator
- ODISHA
- Coordinates
- 22.117°N, 84.717°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 50.3% | 155 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 47.4% | 146 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 47.3% | 146 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 36.7% | 113 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 27.9% | 86 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 34.3% | 106 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 24.4% | 75 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 21.6% | 67 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 48.2% | 149 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 53.9% | 166 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 50.0% | 154 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 28.6% | 88 |