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Tillari

84.8% of gross capacity

Gross capacity

15.8 TMC (447 MCM)

Live capacity

15.8 TMC (447 MCM)

Primary use

multiple

Operator

CWC

Coordinates

15.760°N, 74.089°E

Last updated

2026-10-22

Capacity in TMC

Tillari Dam has a gross capacity of 15.8 TMC (447 MCM); it is currently at 84.8% of gross capacity, holding 13.4 TMC (379 MCM).

Gross capacity
15.8 TMC (447 MCM)
Live capacity
15.8 TMC (447 MCM)
Current storage
13.4 TMC (379 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

84.8%
High

vs 7 days ago

-1.0 pp

losing

vs 1 year ago

-14.3 pp

year-over-year

7-day trend

↓

falling

Drought context

Storage vs October average

89%of normal

84.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 95.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-10.2 points).

Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026

Extremely dry

In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Tillari had extremely little rain for the season, a shortfall seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −2.36). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →

Weekly storage

Fill history — multi-year

About this reservoir

Data source

official

Storage data: CWC. CWC region: WESTERN.

Catchment Weather

Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo

Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 15.760°N, 74.089°E · Open in Google Maps

About Tillari

As of October 22, 2026, Tillari is filled to 84.8% of its gross capacity, holding 13.4 TMC (379 MCM) of a gross 15.8 TMC (447 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.0 percentage points, and it is 14.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.

Across the readings we hold for Tillari — 169 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 21.0% (June 20, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (October 24, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.

It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 15.760°N, 74.089°E.

Key facts

Current fill level
84.8% of total capacity
Water stored
13.4 TMC (379 MCM)
Total capacity
15.8 TMC (447 MCM)
7-day change
▼ 1.0 pp
Year-on-year
▼ 14.3 pp
Primary use
Multipurpose
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
15.760°N, 74.089°E
Last updated
October 22, 2026

Recent readings

DateFill levelVolume (hm³)
22 Oct 202684.8%379
15 Oct 202685.8%384
8 Oct 202687.1%389
1 Oct 202689.2%399
24 Sep 202689.6%400
17 Sep 202692.2%412
10 Sep 202693.6%418
3 Sep 202692.3%412
27 Aug 202689.8%401
20 Aug 202688.8%397
13 Aug 202685.8%384
6 Aug 202684.0%375

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