Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · WESTERN region
Nira Deoghar
Nira Deoghar Dam
100.0% full
Gross capacity
16.2 TMC (459 MCM)
Live capacity
14.8 TMC (420 MCM)
River
Nira
Basin
Krishna
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
MWRRA
Coordinates
17.917°N, 75.117°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Nira Deoghar Dam has a gross capacity of 16.2 TMC (459 MCM), of which 14.8 TMC (420 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 100% full, holding 11.7 TMC (332 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 16.2 TMC (459 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 14.8 TMC (420 MCM)
- Current storage
- 11.7 TMC (332 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
100.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
0.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
100.0% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 100.0% for October across 4 years of readings (0.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Nira Deoghar had far less rain than normal, a shortfall seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.79). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
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. 17.917°N, 75.117°E · Open in Google Maps
About Nira Deoghar Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Nira Deoghar Dam has a published fill of 100.0%, holding 11.7 TMC (332 MCM). Gross capacity is 16.2 TMC (459 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 14.8 TMC (420 MCM) is live storage.
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 Nira Deoghar Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 2.0% (June 15, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (August 24, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by MWRRA primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Krishna basin at 17.917°N, 75.117°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 100.0%
- Water stored
- 11.7 TMC (332 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 16.2 TMC (459 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 14.8 TMC (420 MCM)
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Nira
- River basin
- Krishna
- Operator
- MWRRA
- Coordinates
- 17.917°N, 75.117°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 332 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 332 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 332 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 332 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 332 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 332 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 332 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 332 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 332 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 99.6% | 331 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 99.8% | 331 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 97.9% | 325 |