Reservoir · Jharkhand · India · CWC · EASTERN region
Tenughat
Tenughat Dam
28.5% full
Gross capacity
45.9 TMC (1,300 MCM)
Live capacity
36.3 TMC (1,027 MCM)
River
Damodar
Basin
Ganga
Primary use
multiple
Operator
JBVNL
Coordinates
23.667°N, 85.900°E
Last updated
2026-09-10
Capacity in TMC
Tenughat Dam has a gross capacity of 45.9 TMC (1,300 MCM), of which 36.3 TMC (1,027 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 29% full, holding 8.3 TMC (234 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 45.9 TMC (1,300 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 36.3 TMC (1,027 MCM)
- Current storage
- 8.3 TMC (234 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 the Central Water Commission bulletin, which publishes million cubic metres.
Current fill
28.5%vs 7 days ago
-6.6%losing
vs 1 year ago
-3.4%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC (Central Water Commission) Weekly Storage Bulletin, India. CWC region: EASTERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 23.667, 85.900 · Open in Google Maps
About Tenughat Dam
As of September 10, 2026, Tenughat Dam is filled to 28.5% of its total capacity, holding 8.3 TMC (234 MCM) of a gross 45.9 TMC (1,300 MCM). At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, 36.3 TMC (1,027 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 6.6 percentage points, and it is 3.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Tenughat Dam — 166 data points between June 8, 2023 and September 10, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 25.2% (May 22, 2025) to a high of 56.0% (October 26, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by JBVNL primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Ganga basin at 23.667°N, 85.900°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 28.5%
- Water stored
- 8.3 TMC (234 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 45.9 TMC (1,300 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 36.3 TMC (1,027 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 6.6 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 3.4 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River
- Damodar
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- JBVNL
- Coordinates
- 23.667°N, 85.900°E
- Last updated
- September 10, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 2026 | 28.5% | 234 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 35.1% | 288 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 27.8% | 228 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 33.9% | 278 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 27.5% | 226 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 26.7% | 219 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 27.4% | 225 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 32.6% | 268 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 26.7% | 219 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | 30.9% | 254 |
| 2 Jul 2026 | 29.4% | 241 |
| 25 Jun 2026 | 29.0% | 238 |