City report · West Bengal, India
Bālurghāt Air quality today
Air quality in Bālurghāt currently reads AQI 163 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 163
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 65.7
- tree cover
- 49.8%
- trees in this area
- 153K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Khadimpur, Balurghat, West Bengal, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bālurghāt · AQI 163 (Unhealthy)
Bālurghāt's tree count comes to 153,009 trees across 12.29 km² of land, already at or above the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bālurghāt today: AQI 163, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 7 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Katihar and Kishanganj
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
65.7
PM10
115.9
NO₂
47.3
O₃
11.0
SO₂
6.8
CO
1665.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bālurghāt's daily AQI at 164 on average, from 107 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 225 on Nov 10.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bālurghāt: Healthy tree cover
49.8% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.29 km² of land.
Trees in this area
153,009
Target trees
153,009
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bālurghāt lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bālurghāt has lost about 9 hectares of forest (about 13 football pitches): 8.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 9 haabout 13 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 8 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2023, when about 4 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bālurghāt?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good68% · 6 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good18% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown14% · 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 1,460 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,680 ha
- Overall change
- +224 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bālurghāt grew from about 1,460 hectares to 1,680 hectares, a net gain of about 224 hectares (+15%). New forest grew on about 236 hectares, while 13 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Bālurghāt right now?
The latest reading for Bālurghāt shows an AQI of 163 (Unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Bālurghāt today?
At AQI 163 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Bālurghāt been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bālurghāt's daily AQI at 164 on average, from 107 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 225 on Nov 10. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Bālurghāt's AQI the same as India's AQI (CPCB)?
No. Airleaf shows the US EPA Air Quality Index (AQI), the scale used by IQAir and most air-quality apps. India's Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) publishes the National Air Quality Index on its own scale: 0–50 good, 51–100 satisfactory, 101–200 moderate, 201–300 poor, 301–400 very poor and 401–500 severe. The two scales don't line up. At moderate fine-particle levels the US scale reads higher: 55 µg/m³ of PM2.5 is 149 on the US AQI but about 92, "satisfactory", on India's. In heavy smog India's reads higher: 100 µg/m³ is 182 on the US AQI and about 232, "poor", on India's. CPCB also averages particles over 24 hours, so its figure moves more slowly than an hourly reading.
How much forest has the area around Bālurghāt lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bālurghāt has lost about 9 hectares of forest (about 13 football pitches): 8.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bālurghāt grew from about 1,460 hectares to 1,680 hectares, a net gain of about 224 hectares (+15%). New forest grew on about 236 hectares, while 13 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bālurghāt?
Bālurghāt has an estimated 153,009 trees across the 12.29 km² of land measured — 49.8% tree cover, already past the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bālurghāt need?
Bālurghāt has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Bālurghāt's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Khadimpur; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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