Reservoir · Chhattisgarh · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Sondur
Sondur Dam
83.5% full
Gross capacity
13.1 TMC (372 MCM)
Live capacity
12.1 TMC (343 MCM)
River
Sondur
Basin
Mahanadi
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
CG
Coordinates
20.533°N, 81.917°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Sondur Dam has a gross capacity of 13.1 TMC (372 MCM), of which 12.1 TMC (343 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 83.5% full, holding 5.3 TMC (150 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 13.1 TMC (372 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 12.1 TMC (343 MCM)
- Current storage
- 5.3 TMC (150 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
83.5%vs 7 days ago
-1.8 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+8.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
106%of normal
83.5% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 79.0% for October across 2 years of readings (+4.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Sondur 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 +1.39). 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. 20.533°N, 81.917°E · Open in Google Maps
About Sondur Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Sondur Dam has a published fill of 83.5%, holding 5.3 TMC (150 MCM). Gross capacity is 13.1 TMC (372 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 12.1 TMC (343 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.8 percentage points, and it is 8.7 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Sondur Dam — 77 data points between April 3, 2025 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 17.2% (May 8, 2025) to a high of 86.3% (October 8, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CG primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Mahanadi basin at 20.533°N, 81.917°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 83.5%
- Water stored
- 5.3 TMC (150 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 13.1 TMC (372 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 12.1 TMC (343 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.8 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 8.7 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Sondur
- River basin
- Mahanadi
- Operator
- CG
- Coordinates
- 20.533°N, 81.917°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 83.5% | 150 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 85.3% | 153 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 86.3% | 155 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 84.7% | 152 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 82.9% | 149 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 77.9% | 140 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 69.2% | 124 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 69.3% | 124 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 69.9% | 126 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 77.1% | 138 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 83.2% | 149 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 83.7% | 150 |