Reservoir · Madhya Pradesh · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Tawa
Tawa Dam
87.8% full
Gross capacity
71.1 TMC (2,014 MCM)
Live capacity
70.4 TMC (1,993 MCM)
River
Tawa
Basin
Narmada
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
MP
Coordinates
22.617°N, 77.933°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Tawa Dam has a gross capacity of 71.1 TMC (2,014 MCM), of which 70.4 TMC (1,993 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 87.8% full, holding 60.2 TMC (1,706 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 71.1 TMC (2,014 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 70.4 TMC (1,993 MCM)
- Current storage
- 60.2 TMC (1,706 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
87.8%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
-12.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
91%of normal
87.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 97.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-9.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Tawa 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 −0.26). 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. 22.617°N, 77.933°E · Open in Google Maps
About Tawa Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Tawa Dam has a published fill of 87.8%, holding 60.2 TMC (1,706 MCM). Gross capacity is 71.1 TMC (2,014 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 70.4 TMC (1,993 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it is 12.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Tawa Dam — 169 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 4.5% (June 4, 2026) to a high of 100.0% (September 14, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by MP primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Narmada basin at 22.617°N, 77.933°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 87.8%
- Water stored
- 60.2 TMC (1,706 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 71.1 TMC (2,014 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 70.4 TMC (1,993 MCM)
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 12.2 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Tawa
- River basin
- Narmada
- Operator
- MP
- Coordinates
- 22.617°N, 77.933°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 87.8% | 1,706 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 87.8% | 1,706 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 87.8% | 1,706 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 87.1% | 1,694 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 84.2% | 1,636 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 79.5% | 1,545 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 75.8% | 1,474 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 68.6% | 1,333 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 56.3% | 1,095 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 46.2% | 899 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 37.8% | 735 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 23.5% | 457 |