Reservoir · Uttar Pradesh · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Sharda Sagar
68.2% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
11.7 TMC (330 MCM)
Live capacity
11.7 TMC (330 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
28.783°N, 80.090°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Sharda Sagar has a gross capacity of 11.7 TMC (330 MCM); it is currently at 68.2% of gross capacity, holding 7.9 TMC (225 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 11.7 TMC (330 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 11.7 TMC (330 MCM)
- Current storage
- 7.9 TMC (225 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
68.2%vs 7 days ago
+32.9 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
0.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
129%of normal
68.2% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 53.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+15.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Sharda Sagar 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 +0.23). 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. 28.783°N, 80.090°E · Open in Google Maps
About Sharda Sagar
As of October 22, 2026, Sharda Sagar is filled to 68.2% of its gross capacity, holding 7.9 TMC (225 MCM) of a gross 11.7 TMC (330 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 32.9 percentage points, and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Sharda Sagar — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (August 3, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (November 2, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around August.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 28.783°N, 80.090°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 68.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 7.9 TMC (225 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 11.7 TMC (330 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▲ 32.9 pp
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 28.783°N, 80.090°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 68.2% | 225 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 35.2% | 116 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 34.4% | 114 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 34.5% | 114 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 32.4% | 107 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 32.6% | 108 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 33.0% | 109 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 30.9% | 102 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 27.9% | 92 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 27.0% | 89 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 26.8% | 89 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 28.0% | 92 |