Reservoir · Kerala · India · CWC · SOUTHERN region
Parambikulam
Parambikulam Dam
78.7% full
Gross capacity
19.6 TMC (555 MCM)
Live capacity
17.4 TMC (494 MCM)
River
Parambikulam
Basin
West Flowing
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
KL/TN
Coordinates
10.433°N, 76.800°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Parambikulam Dam has a gross capacity of 19.6 TMC (555 MCM), of which 17.4 TMC (494 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 78.7% full, holding 10.6 TMC (299 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 19.6 TMC (555 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 17.4 TMC (494 MCM)
- Current storage
- 10.6 TMC (299 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
78.7%vs 7 days ago
+0.8 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-20.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
88%of normal
78.7% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 89.0% for October across 2 years of readings (-10.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Parambikulam 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 −0.92). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: SOUTHERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 10.433°N, 76.800°E · Open in Google Maps
About Parambikulam Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Parambikulam Dam has a published fill of 78.7%, holding 10.6 TMC (299 MCM). Gross capacity is 19.6 TMC (555 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 17.4 TMC (494 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.8 pp), and it is 20.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Parambikulam Dam — 77 data points between April 3, 2025 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 16.5% (July 2, 2026) to a high of 99.8% (July 31, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around July.
It is operated by KL/TN primarily for irrigation. It lies within the West Flowing basin at 10.433°N, 76.800°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 78.7%
- Water stored
- 10.6 TMC (299 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 19.6 TMC (555 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 17.4 TMC (494 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.8 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 20.6 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Parambikulam
- River basin
- West Flowing
- Operator
- KL/TN
- Coordinates
- 10.433°N, 76.800°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 78.7% | 299 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 77.9% | 296 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 75.5% | 287 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 73.2% | 278 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 71.0% | 270 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 69.5% | 264 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 65.0% | 247 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 60.5% | 230 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 55.3% | 210 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 49.2% | 187 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 43.7% | 166 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 37.1% | 141 |