Reservoir · Uttar Pradesh · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Sirsi
98.8% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
6.7 TMC (190 MCM)
Live capacity
6.7 TMC (190 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
24.843°N, 82.500°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Sirsi Dam has a gross capacity of 6.7 TMC (190 MCM); it is currently at 98.8% of gross capacity, holding 6.6 TMC (188 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 6.7 TMC (190 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 6.7 TMC (190 MCM)
- Current storage
- 6.6 TMC (188 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
98.8%vs 7 days ago
-1.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-1.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
128%of normal
98.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 77.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+21.8 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Sirsi had exceptionally wet conditions, a surplus seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index +2.12). 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. 24.843°N, 82.500°E · Open in Google Maps
About Sirsi
As of October 22, 2026, Sirsi is filled to 98.8% of its gross capacity, holding 6.6 TMC (188 MCM) of a gross 6.7 TMC (190 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.2 percentage points, and it is 1.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Sirsi — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 7.0% (June 8, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (August 14, 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 24.843°N, 82.500°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 98.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 6.6 TMC (188 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 6.7 TMC (190 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 1.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 24.843°N, 82.500°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 98.8% | 188 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 190 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 190 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 190 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 190 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 190 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 190 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 97.9% | 186 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 97.9% | 186 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 89.2% | 169 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 62.8% | 119 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 51.9% | 99 |