Reservoir · Gujarat · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Ukai
Ukai Dam
74.8% full
Gross capacity
300.5 TMC (8,510 MCM)
Live capacity
262.1 TMC (7,423 MCM)
River
Tapti
Basin
West Flowing
Primary use
multiple
Operator
GUJARAT
Coordinates
21.250°N, 73.556°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Ukai Dam has a gross capacity of 300.5 TMC (8,510 MCM), of which 262.1 TMC (7,423 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 74.8% full, holding 174.8 TMC (4,950 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 300.5 TMC (8,510 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 262.1 TMC (7,423 MCM)
- Current storage
- 174.8 TMC (4,950 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
74.8%vs 7 days ago
-2.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-25.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
79%of normal
74.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 95.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-20.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Ukai 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 +0.77). 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. 21.250°N, 73.556°E · Open in Google Maps
About Ukai Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Ukai Dam has a published fill of 74.8%, holding 174.8 TMC (4,950 MCM). Gross capacity is 300.5 TMC (8,510 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 262.1 TMC (7,423 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.7 percentage points, and it is 25.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Ukai Dam — 169 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 25.0% (June 27, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (September 29, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by GUJARAT primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the West Flowing basin at 21.250°N, 73.556°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 74.8%
- Water stored
- 174.8 TMC (4,950 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 300.5 TMC (8,510 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 262.1 TMC (7,423 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 25.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River
- Tapti
- River basin
- West Flowing
- Operator
- GUJARAT
- Coordinates
- 21.250°N, 73.556°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 74.8% | 4,950 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 77.5% | 5,129 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 79.8% | 5,281 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 82.3% | 5,443 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 83.0% | 5,493 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 82.5% | 5,461 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 76.4% | 5,051 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 77.3% | 5,115 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 76.9% | 5,089 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 76.1% | 5,032 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 75.0% | 4,964 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 75.1% | 4,967 |