Reservoir · Madhya Pradesh · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Rajghat
Rajghat Dam
100.0% full
Gross capacity
36.8 TMC (1,043 MCM)
Live capacity
33.8 TMC (958 MCM)
River
Betwa
Basin
Ganga
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
BWSB
Coordinates
24.733°N, 78.167°E
Last updated
2026-09-24
Capacity in TMC
Rajghat Dam has a gross capacity of 36.8 TMC (1,043 MCM), of which 33.8 TMC (958 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 100% full, holding 68.7 TMC (1,945 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 36.8 TMC (1,043 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 33.8 TMC (958 MCM)
- Current storage
- 68.7 TMC (1,945 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 the Central Water Commission bulletin, which publishes million cubic metres.
Current fill
100.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
0.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs September average
103%of normal
100.0% full on 2026-09-24, against an average of 97.0% for September across 4 years of readings (+3.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Rajghat 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 +0.58). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC (Central Water Commission) Weekly Storage Bulletin, India. 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. 24.733, 78.167 · Open in Google Maps
About Rajghat Dam
As of September 24, 2026, Rajghat Dam is filled to 100.0% of its total capacity, holding 68.7 TMC (1,945 MCM) of a gross 36.8 TMC (1,043 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 33.8 TMC (958 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Rajghat Dam — 166 data points between June 8, 2023 and September 24, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 1.9% (May 29, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (September 21, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by BWSB primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Ganga basin at 24.733°N, 78.167°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 100.0%
- Water stored
- 68.7 TMC (1,945 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 36.8 TMC (1,043 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 33.8 TMC (958 MCM)
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Betwa
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- BWSB
- Coordinates
- 24.733°N, 78.167°E
- Last updated
- September 24, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 1,945 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 1,945 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 96.4% | 1,875 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 93.4% | 1,817 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 92.7% | 1,802 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 86.1% | 1,675 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 77.1% | 1,499 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 55.5% | 1,080 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 55.0% | 1,070 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 49.9% | 970 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 49.5% | 963 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | 48.3% | 940 |