Reservoir · Chhattisgarh · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Sikasar
64.8% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
6.4 TMC (181 MCM)
Live capacity
6.4 TMC (181 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
20.518°N, 82.314°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Sikasar Dam has a gross capacity of 6.4 TMC (181 MCM); it is currently at 64.8% of gross capacity, holding 4.1 TMC (117 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 6.4 TMC (181 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 6.4 TMC (181 MCM)
- Current storage
- 4.1 TMC (117 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
64.8%vs 7 days ago
-17.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-35.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
70%of normal
64.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 93.0% for October across 2 years of readings (-28.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Sikasar 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 +1.06). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. 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. 20.518°N, 82.314°E · Open in Google Maps
About Sikasar
As of October 22, 2026, Sikasar is filled to 64.8% of its gross capacity, holding 4.1 TMC (117 MCM) of a gross 6.4 TMC (181 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 17.7 percentage points, and it is 35.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Sikasar — 77 data points between April 3, 2025 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 18.8% (May 22, 2025) to a high of 100.0% (August 26, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 20.518°N, 82.314°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 64.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 4.1 TMC (117 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 6.4 TMC (181 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 17.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 35.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 20.518°N, 82.314°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 64.8% | 117 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 82.5% | 149 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 89.5% | 162 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 96.0% | 174 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 91.4% | 165 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 90.2% | 163 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 88.6% | 160 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 181 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 99.7% | 181 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 89.5% | 162 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 87.7% | 159 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 87.1% | 158 |