Reservoir · Uttar Pradesh · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Matatila
Matatila Dam
90.1% of live capacity
Gross capacity
31.1 TMC (882 MCM)
Live capacity
25.0 TMC (707 MCM)
River
Betwa
Basin
Ganga
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
BWSB
Coordinates
25.104°N, 78.368°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Matatila Dam has a gross capacity of 31.1 TMC (882 MCM), of which 25.0 TMC (707 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 90.1% of live capacity, holding 22.5 TMC (637 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 31.1 TMC (882 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 25.0 TMC (707 MCM)
- Current storage
- 22.5 TMC (637 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
90.1%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
-0.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
104%of normal
90.1% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 87.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+3.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Matatila 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 +1.38). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: CENTRAL.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 25.104°N, 78.368°E · Open in Google Maps
About Matatila Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Matatila Dam is at 90.1% of useful capacity, holding 22.5 TMC (637 MCM) of 25.0 TMC (707 MCM). Of the gross 31.1 TMC (882 MCM), that is 72.2%. At this level the reservoir is high.
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 Matatila Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 6.9% (May 29, 2025) to a high of 91.0% (September 21, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by BWSB primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Ganga basin at 25.104°N, 78.368°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 90.1% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 22.5 TMC (637 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 31.1 TMC (882 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 25.0 TMC (707 MCM)
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 0.6 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Betwa
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- BWSB
- Coordinates
- 25.104°N, 78.368°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 90.1% | 637 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 90.1% | 637 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 90.7% | 641 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 89.7% | 634 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 88.8% | 628 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 89.3% | 631 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 87.0% | 615 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 77.4% | 547 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 65.2% | 461 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 52.3% | 370 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 36.1% | 255 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 26.2% | 186 |