Reservoir · Tamil Nadu · India · Tamil Nadu WRD
Pechipparai
27.3% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
5.3 TMC (150 MCM)
Live capacity
4.3 TMC (123 MCM)
River
Kodayar
Basin
Kodaiyar
Primary use
irrigation/drinking
Operator
Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept
Coordinates
8.451°N, 77.308°E
Last updated
2026-10-24
Capacity in TMC
Pechipparai Dam has a gross capacity of 5.3 TMC (150 MCM), of which 4.3 TMC (123 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 27.3% of gross capacity, holding 1.4 TMC (41 MCM) (33.3% of live capacity).
- Gross capacity
- 5.3 TMC (150 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 4.3 TMC (123 MCM)
- Current storage
- 1.4 TMC (41 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 Tamil Nadu WRD, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
27.3%vs 7 days ago
N/Avs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
N/ADrought context
Rain over the last three months
N/A
No SPI-3 value is on file for Pechipparai. The figure is left blank rather than estimated. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: Tamil Nadu WRD.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
About Pechipparai
As of October 24, 2026, Pechipparai is filled to 27.3% of its gross capacity, holding 1.4 TMC (41 MCM) of a gross 5.3 TMC (150 MCM). At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, 4.3 TMC (123 MCM) is live storage.
No reading from about a week earlier is on file, so the 7-day change is not available.
Across the readings we hold for Pechipparai — 1 data points between October 24, 2026 and October 24, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 27.3% (October 24, 2026) to a high of 27.3% (October 24, 2026).
It is operated by Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept primarily for irrigation/drinking. It lies within the Kodaiyar basin at 8.451°N, 77.308°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 27.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 1.4 TMC (41 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 5.3 TMC (150 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 4.3 TMC (123 MCM)
- 7-day change
- N/A
- Primary use
- Irrigation/drinking
- River
- Kodayar
- River basin
- Kodaiyar
- Operator
- Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept
- Coordinates
- 8.451°N, 77.308°E
- Last updated
- October 24, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 2026 | 27.3% | 41 |