Reservoir · Madhya Pradesh · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Rangawan
85.8% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
5.5 TMC (155 MCM)
Live capacity
5.5 TMC (155 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
24.808°N, 79.396°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Rangawan Dam has a gross capacity of 5.5 TMC (155 MCM); it is currently at 85.8% of gross capacity, holding 4.7 TMC (133 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 5.5 TMC (155 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 5.5 TMC (155 MCM)
- Current storage
- 4.7 TMC (133 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
85.8%vs 7 days ago
-0.6 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-4.5 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
136%of normal
85.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 63.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+22.8 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Very wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Rangawan had much more rain than normal, seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index +1.68). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: CENTRAL.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 24.808°N, 79.396°E · Open in Google Maps
About Rangawan
As of October 22, 2026, Rangawan is filled to 85.8% of its gross capacity, holding 4.7 TMC (133 MCM) of a gross 5.5 TMC (155 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.6 pp), and it is 4.5 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Rangawan — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (June 8, 2023) to a high of 90.3% (August 28, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 24.808°N, 79.396°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 85.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 4.7 TMC (133 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 5.5 TMC (155 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.6 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 4.5 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 24.808°N, 79.396°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 85.8% | 133 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 86.5% | 134 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 86.5% | 134 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 85.2% | 132 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 83.2% | 129 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 80.3% | 124 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 74.5% | 116 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 45.2% | 70 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 36.3% | 56 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 18.8% | 29 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 17.3% | 27 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 15.8% | 25 |