Reservoir · Telangana · India · AP-WRIMS
Nizamsagar
Nizamsagar Dam
54.4% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
17.8 TMC (504 MCM)
Live capacity
17.8 TMC (504 MCM)
River
Manjeera
Basin
Godavari
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
TS
Coordinates
18.100°N, 77.808°E
Last updated
2026-10-27
Capacity in TMC
Nizamsagar Dam has a gross capacity of 17.8 TMC (504 MCM); it is currently at 54.4% of gross capacity, holding 9.7 TMC (274 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 17.8 TMC (504 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 17.8 TMC (504 MCM)
- Current storage
- 9.7 TMC (274 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 AP-WRIMS, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
54.4%vs 22 Oct 2026
-1.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/ATrend
↓falling
Drought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Nizamsagar 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 −0.91). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: AP-WRIMS.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 18.100°N, 77.808°E · Open in Google Maps
About Nizamsagar Dam
As of October 27, 2026, Nizamsagar Dam is filled to 54.4% of its gross capacity, holding 9.7 TMC (274 MCM) of a gross 17.8 TMC (504 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Since October 22, 2026 the fill level has fallen by 1.0 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Nizamsagar Dam — 25 data points between June 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 26.0% (August 4, 2026) to a high of 78.2% (September 3, 2026).
It is operated by TS primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Godavari basin at 18.100°N, 77.808°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 54.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 9.7 TMC (274 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 17.8 TMC (504 MCM)
- Change since October 22, 2026
- ▼ 1.0 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Manjeera
- River basin
- Godavari
- Operator
- TS
- Coordinates
- 18.100°N, 77.808°E
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 54.4% | 274 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 55.4% | 279 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 61.7% | 297 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 62.6% | 302 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 69.9% | 337 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 73.0% | 352 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 66.9% | 322 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | 63.9% | 322 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 71.7% | 346 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 69.5% | 350 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 78.2% | 377 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 75.1% | 379 |