Reservoir · Uttar Pradesh · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Rihand (Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar)
Rihand Dam
77.2% 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
2026-09-24
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 77% full, holding 154.0 TMC (4,362 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 374.3 TMC (10,600 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 314.7 TMC (8,912 MCM)
- Current storage
- 154.0 TMC (4,362 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
77.2%vs 7 days ago
-2.1%losing
vs 1 year ago
0.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs September average
99%of normal
77.2% full on 2026-09-24, against an average of 78.0% for September across 2 years of readings (-0.8 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Very wet
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Rihand (Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar) 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 +1.97). 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: 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, 83.014 · Open in Google Maps
About Rihand Dam
As of September 24, 2026, Rihand Dam is filled to 77.2% of its total capacity, holding 154.0 TMC (4,362 MCM) of a gross 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 2.1 percentage points, and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Rihand Dam — 73 data points between April 3, 2025 and September 24, 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
- 77.2%
- Water stored
- 154.0 TMC (4,362 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 374.3 TMC (10,600 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 314.7 TMC (8,912 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.1 pts
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Rihand
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- NTPC
- Coordinates
- 24.192°N, 83.014°E
- Last updated
- September 24, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 24.5% | 1,385 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 20.3% | 1,147 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 18.0% | 1,016 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | 19.0% | 1,075 |