Groundwater extraction
Data not yet available
No approved official value is loaded for this indicator yet; source identified / value not approved yet where applicable.
- Period
- Data not yet available
- Source
- Data not yet available
- Geography
- Patna
Patna water position
Official geography: Patna, Bihar. Latest official published data, not live or real-time readings.
Official geography: Patna
City / district-level source records are shown separately. JalWater does not merge or average neighbouring geographies.
Latest official published position
Data not yet available
Patna, Bihar
Stage of extraction
Data not yet available
Official data says
Data not yet available.
2050 outlook
Scarcity [500-1000 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
- Patna
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
- Patna
2050 outlook
Scarcity [500-1000 m³]
Government dashboard classification for the stated future period. It is not a live city forecast.
- Period
- 2050
- Source
- NITI ICED
- Geography
- Patna
Year
Pre-monsoon
Post-monsoon
2021-22
0 to 2 mbgl
Row 167
0 to 2 mbgl
Row 205
2022-23
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 1630
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 1668
2023-24
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 3041
2 to 5 mbgl
Row 3079
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: Patna. Source: NITI ICED.
2050
Scarcity [500-1000 m³]
Geography: Patna. Source: NITI ICED.
Category thresholds
No Stress [>1700 m³], Stress [1000-1700 m³], Scarcity [500-1000 m³], Absolute scarcity [<500 m³].
The published category remains Scarcity [500-1000 m³] in 2025 and 2050.
Data not yet available. This prototype does not invent, estimate, scrape, interpolate, or predict water statistics. Official values will appear only after the source, publication date, retrieval date, and methodology are reviewed.
JalWater explanation
Official data
Data not yet available for CGWB groundwater extraction.
Published change
The category remains Scarcity [500-1000 m³].
Not covered
No live reading, no municipal supply guarantee, no JalScore, and no inferred trend.
View sources and methodology
NITI ICED groundwater-depth band dataset
- Institution
- NITI Aayog
- Publication/dataset
- NITI ICED groundwater-depth band dataset
- Citation
- Sheet Water Levels; row 3041; 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 246; original label "Scarcity [500−1000 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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