Reservoir · Tamil Nadu · India · Tamil Nadu WRD
Varattar Vallimadurai
7.1% full
Gross capacity
0.11 TMC (3 MCM)
Live capacity
0.11 TMC (3 MCM)
Basin
Pennaiyar
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept
Coordinates
11.972°N, 78.542°E
Last updated
2026-10-28
Capacity in TMC
Varattar Vallimadurai Dam has a gross capacity of 0.11 TMC (3 MCM); it is currently at 7.1% full, holding 0.00 TMC (0 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 0.11 TMC (3 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 0.11 TMC (3 MCM)
- Current storage
- 0.00 TMC (0 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 Tamil Nadu WRD, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
7.1%vs 7 days ago
N/Avs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
N/ADrought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Varattar Vallimadurai had far less rain than normal, a shortfall seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.75). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: Tamil Nadu WRD.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 11.972°N, 78.542°E · Open in Google Maps
About Varattar Vallimadurai
As of October 28, 2026, Varattar Vallimadurai has a published fill of 7.1%, holding 0.00 TMC (0 MCM). Gross capacity is 0.11 TMC (3 MCM). At this level the reservoir is critically low.
No reading from about a week earlier is on file, so the 7-day change is not available.
Across the readings we hold for Varattar Vallimadurai — 3 data points between June 8, 2026 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 7.1% (September 24, 2026) to a high of 8.4% (June 8, 2026).
It is operated by Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Pennaiyar basin at 11.972°N, 78.542°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 7.1%
- Water stored
- 0.00 TMC (0 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 0.11 TMC (3 MCM)
- 7-day change
- N/A
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River basin
- Pennaiyar
- Operator
- Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept
- Coordinates
- 11.972°N, 78.542°E
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 7.1% | 0 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 7.1% | 0 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 8.4% | 0 |