Reservoir · Jharkhand · India · CWC · EASTERN region
Massanjore (Mayurakshi)
Massanjore Dam
47.4% full
Gross capacity
22.7 TMC (642 MCM)
Live capacity
21.3 TMC (603 MCM)
River
Mayurakshi
Basin
Ganga
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
JH/WB
Coordinates
24.167°N, 87.650°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Massanjore (Mayurakshi) Dam has a gross capacity of 22.7 TMC (642 MCM), of which 21.3 TMC (603 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 47.4% full, holding 9.2 TMC (260 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 22.7 TMC (642 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 21.3 TMC (603 MCM)
- Current storage
- 9.2 TMC (260 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
47.4%vs 7 days ago
-7.3 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-4.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
78%of normal
47.4% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 61.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-13.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Massanjore (Mayurakshi) 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 0.00). 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. 24.167°N, 87.650°E · Open in Google Maps
About Massanjore Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Massanjore Dam has a published fill of 47.4%, holding 9.2 TMC (260 MCM). Gross capacity is 22.7 TMC (642 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 21.3 TMC (603 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 7.3 percentage points, and it is 4.0 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Massanjore Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 16.4% (May 21, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (August 31, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by JH/WB primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Ganga basin at 24.167°N, 87.650°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 47.4%
- Water stored
- 9.2 TMC (260 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 22.7 TMC (642 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 21.3 TMC (603 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 7.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 4.0 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Mayurakshi
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- JH/WB
- Coordinates
- 24.167°N, 87.650°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 47.4% | 260 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 54.6% | 300 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 55.0% | 302 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 56.3% | 309 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 49.5% | 272 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 51.4% | 282 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 45.7% | 251 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 45.5% | 250 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 42.6% | 234 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 40.4% | 222 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 37.3% | 205 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 30.8% | 169 |