Reservoir · Uttar Pradesh · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Rihand (Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar)
Rihand Dam
71.7% full
Gross capacity
374.3 TMC (10,600 MCM)
Live capacity
314.7 TMC (8,912 MCM)
River
Rihand
Basin
Ganga
Primary use
hydropower
Operator
NTPC
Coordinates
24.192°N, 83.014°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Rihand (Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar) has a gross capacity of 374.3 TMC (10,600 MCM), of which 314.7 TMC (8,912 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 71.7% full, holding 143.0 TMC (4,048 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 374.3 TMC (10,600 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 314.7 TMC (8,912 MCM)
- Current storage
- 143.0 TMC (4,048 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
71.7%vs 7 days ago
-1.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+0.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
97%of normal
71.7% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 74.0% for October across 2 years of readings (-2.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Rihand (Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar) had more rain than 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 +1.24). 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. 24.192°N, 83.014°E · Open in Google Maps
About Rihand Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Rihand Dam has a published fill of 71.7%, holding 143.0 TMC (4,048 MCM). Gross capacity is 374.3 TMC (10,600 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 314.7 TMC (8,912 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.4 percentage points, and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Rihand Dam — 77 data points between April 3, 2025 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 18.0% (July 16, 2026) to a high of 80.9% (September 3, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by NTPC primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Ganga basin at 24.192°N, 83.014°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 71.7%
- Water stored
- 143.0 TMC (4,048 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 374.3 TMC (10,600 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 314.7 TMC (8,912 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 0.2 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Rihand
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- NTPC
- Coordinates
- 24.192°N, 83.014°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 71.7% | 4,048 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 73.0% | 4,126 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 73.5% | 4,152 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 76.3% | 4,309 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 77.2% | 4,362 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 79.3% | 4,479 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 79.3% | 4,479 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 80.9% | 4,571 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 73.5% | 4,152 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 59.3% | 3,352 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 33.9% | 1,914 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 27.5% | 1,551 |