Reservoir · Gujarat · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Panam
Panam Dam
44.1% full
Gross capacity
38.4 TMC (1,087 MCM)
Live capacity
34.4 TMC (975 MCM)
River
Panam
Basin
West Flowing
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
GUJARAT
Coordinates
22.972°N, 73.794°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Panam Dam has a gross capacity of 38.4 TMC (1,087 MCM), of which 34.4 TMC (975 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 44.1% full, holding 10.8 TMC (307 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 38.4 TMC (1,087 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 34.4 TMC (975 MCM)
- Current storage
- 10.8 TMC (307 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
44.1%vs 7 days ago
-1.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-34.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
61%of normal
44.1% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 72.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-27.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Panam 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 +0.37). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: UNKNOWN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 22.972°N, 73.794°E · Open in Google Maps
About Panam Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Panam Dam has a published fill of 44.1%, holding 10.8 TMC (307 MCM). Gross capacity is 38.4 TMC (1,087 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 34.4 TMC (975 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.0 percentage points, and it is 34.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Panam Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 23.0% (June 15, 2023) to a high of 79.3% (September 25, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by GUJARAT primarily for irrigation. It lies within the West Flowing basin at 22.972°N, 73.794°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 44.1%
- Water stored
- 10.8 TMC (307 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 38.4 TMC (1,087 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 34.4 TMC (975 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.0 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 34.7 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Panam
- River basin
- West Flowing
- Operator
- GUJARAT
- Coordinates
- 22.972°N, 73.794°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 44.1% | 307 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 45.1% | 314 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 46.8% | 326 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 48.5% | 338 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 49.6% | 346 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 48.2% | 336 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 46.8% | 326 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 48.2% | 336 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 49.3% | 343 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 49.6% | 346 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 47.8% | 333 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 44.4% | 310 |