
In numbers.
10m
Height
OpenStreetMap
0.42m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jul–Sep
Best months
41kW
Water power
estimate
The water at Dhuandhar Falls, month by month
It roars in August.
The fullest months: August. The thinnest: from November to June.
- 0.0 m³/sJan
- 0.0 m³/sFeb
- 0.0 m³/sMar
- 0.0 m³/sApr
- 0.0 m³/sMay
- 0.4 m³/sJun
- 1.5 m³/sJul
- 2.1 m³/sAug
- 1.5 m³/sSep
- 0.6 m³/sOct
- 0.1 m³/sNov
- 0.0 m³/sDec
From about 0.01 m³/s in the lowest month to 2.1 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from July to September.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Tourist site in India
Dhuandhar Falls is a waterfall in India. The water falls 10 m.
Getting there.
- Bherāghātnearest town · 1.4 km in a straight line
- Jabalpur Airport (JLR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire at DEL airport (New Delhi)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From July to Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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How big is it?
How big it really is.
Height of the drop as mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
41 kW
About 0.42 m³/s falling 10 m: the power of the water as it drops.
- enough to power about 10 homes, if it were all turned into electricity
Power of falling water = density × gravity × flow × height. Average flow and height as shown above; an estimate.
Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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2 km
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 9 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 19 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpointsWaterfall, Canyon viewpoint
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmGhughra Falls
- —caves
- —campsites
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Bherāghāt1.4 km in a straight line
- Karmeta12 km in a straight line
- Khamaria13 km in a straight line
- Jabalpur15 km in a straight line
- Shāhpura15 km in a straight line
- Amkhera16 km in a straight line
- Bargi16 km in a straight line
- Suhāgi18 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 27 | 31 | 36 | 41 | 44 | 38 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 26 |
| Night °C | 10 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 19 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 177 | 409 | 404 | 222 | 33 | 7 | 5 |
| Wet days | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Sun h/day | 7.7 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (353 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 185% | 107% | 215% | 162% | 269% | 120% | 52% | 173% | 64% | 103% | 109% | 100% |
| 2021 | 6% | 79% | 53% | 31% | 506% | 124% | 58% | 31% | 150% | 76% | 55% | 472% |
| 2022 | 161% | 82% | 2% | 0% | 57% | 106% | 95% | 120% | 115% | 287% | 0% | 32% |
| 2023 | 3% | 0% | 141% | 738% | 178% | 275% | 85% | 94% | 108% | 17% | 445% | 396% |
| 2024 | 69% | 112% | 73% | 327% | 91% | 85% | 120% | 100% | 136% | 40% | 0% | 670% |
| 2025 | 5% | 0% | 6% | 88% | 255% | 140% | 148% | 70% | 88% | 281% | 9% | 0% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q38177) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Height of the drop | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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