Reservoirs in Kerala

6 dams in the register, 3.83 billion m³ of live capacity between them.

Capacity register · not a live level

Largest by live capacity

  • Idukki Reservoir 1.46 BCM Idukki · CWC
  • Idamalayar Reservoir 1.02 BCM Ernakulam · CWC
  • Kallada Reservoir 0.51 BCM Kollam · CWC
  • Kakki Reservoir 0.45 BCM Pathanamthitta · CWC
  • Malampuzha 0.22 BCM Palakkad · CWC
  • Periyar Reservoir 0.17 BCM Idukki · CWC

Every dam

DamDistrictBasinReported byCapacityFull level
Idukki ReservoirIdukkiWest flowing rivers from Tadri to KanyakumariCWC1.460 BCM732.43 m
Idamalayar ReservoirErnakulamWest flowing rivers from Tadri to KanyakumariCWC1.018 BCM169 m
Kallada ReservoirKollamWest flowing rivers from Tadri to KanyakumariCWC0.507 BCM115.82 m
Kakki ReservoirPathanamthittaWest flowing rivers from Tadri to KanyakumariCWC0.447 BCM981.46 m
MalampuzhaPalakkadWest flowing rivers from Tadri to KanyakumariCWC0.224 BCM115.06 m
Periyar ReservoirIdukkiWest flowing rivers from Tadri to KanyakumariCWC0.173 BCM867.41 m

Capacity is normalised to billion m³ per reporting agency: the register mixes BCM and MCM in the same column without declaring which. Full level is metres above sea level, as published.

Data belongs to the Government of India and is republished here under the terms of the source portals. Figures are shown exactly as published — never estimated, never filled in.

Sources: data.gov.in · CPCB · Agmarknet · India-WRIS