Reservoir · Chhattisgarh · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Tandula
Tandula Dam
75.9% full
Gross capacity
11.9 TMC (338 MCM)
Live capacity
10.1 TMC (286 MCM)
River
Sheonath
Basin
Mahanadi
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
CG
Coordinates
20.911°N, 80.994°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Tandula Dam has a gross capacity of 11.9 TMC (338 MCM), of which 10.1 TMC (286 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 75.9% full, holding 8.4 TMC (237 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 11.9 TMC (338 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 10.1 TMC (286 MCM)
- Current storage
- 8.4 TMC (237 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
75.9%vs 7 days ago
-17.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-20.9 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
94%of normal
75.9% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 81.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-5.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Tandula 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 +1.22). 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. 20.911°N, 80.994°E · Open in Google Maps
About Tandula Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Tandula Dam has a published fill of 75.9%, holding 8.4 TMC (237 MCM). Gross capacity is 11.9 TMC (338 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 10.1 TMC (286 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 17.0 percentage points, and it is 20.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Tandula Dam — 165 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 6.0% (July 11, 2024) to a high of 96.9% (October 7, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by CG primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Mahanadi basin at 20.911°N, 80.994°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 75.9%
- Water stored
- 8.4 TMC (237 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 11.9 TMC (338 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 10.1 TMC (286 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 17.0 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 20.9 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Sheonath
- River basin
- Mahanadi
- Operator
- CG
- Coordinates
- 20.911°N, 80.994°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 75.9% | 237 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 92.8% | 290 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 92.8% | 290 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 96.9% | 302 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 80.4% | 251 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 83.3% | 260 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 80.0% | 250 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 78.7% | 246 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 74.7% | 233 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 73.9% | 230 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 72.2% | 225 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 68.7% | 214 |