Groundwater extraction
Over-exploited - 186.70%
CGWB classifies all six assessed groundwater units in Bengaluru Urban as over-exploited in the 2024 assessment.
- Period
- 2024 assessment
- Source
- CGWB
- Geography
- Bengaluru Urban
Bengaluru water position
Official geography: Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka. Latest official published data, not live or real-time readings.
Official geography: Bengaluru Urban
City / district-level source records are shown separately. JalWater does not merge or average neighbouring geographies.
Latest official published position
Over-exploited
Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
Stage of extraction
186.70%
Official data says
CGWB classifies all six assessed groundwater units in Bengaluru Urban as over-exploited in the 2024 assessment.
2050 outlook
Absolute scarcity [<500 m³]
What this is not
Not live, not a municipal supply guarantee, and not a JalScore.
Pre-monsoon groundwater depth
2 to 5 mbgl
mbgl means metres below ground level. A larger number means groundwater was measured deeper below the ground.
- Period
- 2023-24
- Source
- NITI ICED
- Geography
- Bengaluru Urban
Post-monsoon groundwater depth
2 to 5 mbgl
mbgl means metres below ground level. A larger number means groundwater was measured deeper below the ground.
- Period
- 2023-24
- Source
- NITI ICED
- Geography
- Bengaluru Urban
2050 outlook
Absolute scarcity [<500 m³]
Government dashboard classification for the stated future period. It is not a live city forecast.
- Period
- 2050
- Source
- NITI ICED
- Geography
- Bengaluru Urban
Year
Pre-monsoon
Post-monsoon
2021-22
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 583
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 613
2022-23
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 2024
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 2054
2023-24
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 3466
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 3496
Accessible summary: each row compares the published pre-monsoon and post-monsoon groundwater-depth bands for the same year. Ranges are not converted into exact measurements.
2025
Scarcity [500-1000 m³]
Geography: Bengaluru Urban. Source: NITI ICED.
2050
Absolute scarcity [<500 m³]
Geography: Bengaluru Urban. Source: NITI ICED.
Category thresholds
No Stress [>1700 m³], Stress [1000-1700 m³], Scarcity [500-1000 m³], Absolute scarcity [<500 m³].
The published category changes from Scarcity [500-1000 m³] in 2025 to Absolute scarcity [<500 m³] in 2050.
CGWB resource visual
Annual extractable resource is the 100% reference. Current annual extraction is shown against that reference.
Stage: 186.70%
- Extractable resource
- 28565.58 ham
- Current extraction
- 53332.51 ham
- Future availability
- 0 ham
- Assessment units
- 6
JalWater explanation
Official data
CGWB classifies all six assessed groundwater units in Bengaluru Urban as over-exploited in the 2024 assessment.
Published change
The category changes from Scarcity [500-1000 m³] to Absolute scarcity [<500 m³].
Not covered
No live reading, no municipal supply guarantee, no JalScore, and no inferred trend.
View sources and methodology
National Compilation on Dynamic Ground Water Resources of India, 2024
- Institution
- Central Ground Water Board
- Publication/dataset
- National Compilation on Dynamic Ground Water Resources of India, 2024
- Citation
- Page 179; DYNAMIC GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF INDIA, 2024 - Ground Water Recharge and Current Annual Ground Water Extraction. Category page 226; DYNAMIC GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF INDIA, 2024 - Categorisation of Assessment Units.
- Period
- 2024 assessment
- Retrieved
- 2026-06-25
- Source caveat
- Official CGWB groundwater-resource assessment. Categories refer to groundwater extraction assessment units, not the entire municipal water system.
- Original source
- https://cgwb.gov.in/
NITI ICED groundwater-depth band dataset
- Institution
- NITI Aayog
- Publication/dataset
- NITI ICED groundwater-depth band dataset
- Citation
- Sheet Water Levels; row 3466; original label "2 to 5 Pre Monsoon (in mbgl)".
- Period
- 2023-24
- Retrieved
- 2026-06-25
- Source caveat
- Government dashboard dataset; some values may be compiled, derived or based on assumptions. See source note. Values are ranges, not exact groundwater measurements.
- Original source
- https://iced.niti.gov.in/
NITI ICED per-capita water-availability classification dataset
- Institution
- NITI Aayog
- Publication/dataset
- NITI ICED per-capita water-availability classification dataset
- Citation
- Sheet Water Availability; row 340; original label "Absolute scarcity [<500 m3]".
- Period
- 2050
- Retrieved
- 2026-06-25
- Source caveat
- Government dashboard dataset; some values may be compiled, derived or based on assumptions. See source note. Values are classifications, not exact city-level quantities.
- Original source
- https://iced.niti.gov.in/
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