Reservoir · Gujarat · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Sukhi
Sukhi Dam
83.1% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
5.9 TMC (166 MCM)
Live capacity
5.7 TMC (160 MCM)
River
Sukhi
Basin
West Flowing
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
GUJARAT
Coordinates
21.817°N, 72.033°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Sukhi Dam has a gross capacity of 5.9 TMC (166 MCM), of which 5.7 TMC (160 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 83.1% of gross capacity, holding 4.9 TMC (139 MCM) (86.9% of live capacity).
- Gross capacity
- 5.9 TMC (166 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 5.7 TMC (160 MCM)
- Current storage
- 4.9 TMC (139 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
83.1%vs 7 days ago
-0.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-13.9 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
88%of normal
83.1% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 94.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-10.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Sukhi 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 +0.07). 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. 21.817°N, 72.033°E · Open in Google Maps
About Sukhi Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Sukhi Dam is filled to 83.1% of its gross capacity, holding 4.9 TMC (139 MCM) of a gross 5.9 TMC (166 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 5.7 TMC (160 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pp), and it is 13.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Sukhi Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 16.0% (June 8, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (December 4, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by GUJARAT primarily for irrigation. It lies within the West Flowing basin at 21.817°N, 72.033°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 83.1% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 4.9 TMC (139 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 5.9 TMC (166 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 5.7 TMC (160 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 13.9 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Sukhi
- River basin
- West Flowing
- Operator
- GUJARAT
- Coordinates
- 21.817°N, 72.033°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 83.1% | 139 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 83.8% | 140 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 84.7% | 141 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 85.8% | 143 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 85.8% | 143 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 84.6% | 141 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 83.2% | 139 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 83.6% | 140 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 83.6% | 140 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 83.2% | 139 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 80.7% | 135 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 80.6% | 135 |