Reservoir · Kerala · India · Tamil Nadu WRD
Peruvaripallam
82.8% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
0.64 TMC (18 MCM)
Live capacity
0.64 TMC (18 MCM)
Basin
Chalakkudy
Operator
Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept
Coordinates
10.447°N, 76.767°E
Last updated
2026-10-28
Capacity in TMC
Peruvaripallam Dam has a gross capacity of 0.64 TMC (18 MCM); it is currently at 82.8% of gross capacity, holding 0.53 TMC (15 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 0.64 TMC (18 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 0.64 TMC (18 MCM)
- Current storage
- 0.53 TMC (15 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
82.8%vs 7 days ago
N/Avs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
N/ADrought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Peruvaripallam 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: Tamil Nadu WRD.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 10.447°N, 76.767°E · Open in Google Maps
About Peruvaripallam
As of October 28, 2026, Peruvaripallam is filled to 82.8% of its gross capacity, holding 0.53 TMC (15 MCM) of a gross 0.64 TMC (18 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high.
No reading from about a week earlier is on file, so the 7-day change is not available.
Across the readings we hold for Peruvaripallam — 9 data points between July 2, 2026 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 69.8% (August 22, 2026) to a high of 89.0% (September 24, 2026).
It is operated by Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept. It lies within the Chalakkudy basin at 10.447°N, 76.767°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 82.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 0.53 TMC (15 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 0.64 TMC (18 MCM)
- 7-day change
- N/A
- River basin
- Chalakkudy
- Operator
- Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept
- Coordinates
- 10.447°N, 76.767°E
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 82.8% | 15 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 89.0% | 16 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | 77.0% | 14 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | 69.9% | 12 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 70.6% | 12 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 71.0% | 12 |
| 22 Aug 2026 | 69.8% | 12 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 70.3% | 12 |
| 2 Jul 2026 | 74.0% | 13 |