Mangla Dam
Azad Jammu & Kashmir · Jhelum
Capacity
9,116 hm³
Coordinates
33.127°N, 73.650°E
Operator
WAPDA
80.9% full
Current fill
80.9%vs 7 days ago
+1.5%gaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 9,116 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 7,916 hm³ |
| Dam height | 138 m |
| Dam type | Embankment |
| Year built | 1967 |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | WAPDA |
| River | Jhelum |
| Province | Azad Jammu & Kashmir |
| River basin | Jhelum |
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About Mangla Dam
As of September 9, 2026, Mangla Dam is filled to 80.9% of its total capacity, holding roughly 7,606 hm³ of water out of a maximum 9,116 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 7,916 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+1.5 pts).
Across the readings we hold for Mangla Dam — 114 data points between May 18, 2026 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 41.3% (June 30, 2026) to a high of 81.2% (September 8, 2026).
The dam at Mangla Dam stands 138 m tall and is a embankment dam and was completed in 1967. It is operated by WAPDA primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Jhelum basin at 33.127°N, 73.650°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 80.9%
- Water stored
- 7,606 hm³
- Total capacity
- 9,116 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 7,916 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.5 pts
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Jhelum
- River basin
- Jhelum
- Dam height
- 138 m
- Year completed
- 1967
- Operator
- WAPDA
- Coordinates
- 33.127°N, 73.650°E
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 80.9% | 7,606 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 81.2% | 7,628 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 81.1% | 7,621 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 80.9% | 7,606 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 80.6% | 7,583 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 80.2% | 7,553 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 79.8% | 7,518 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 79.4% | 7,484 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 79.0% | 7,450 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 78.6% | 7,424 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 78.3% | 7,397 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 78.0% | 7,371 |