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Chānda Air quality today
Air quality in Chānda currently reads AQI 174 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 174
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 87.6
- tree cover
- 28.0%
- trees in this area
- 86.6K
- more trees needed
- 37.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Chānda · AQI 174 (Unhealthy)
Chānda's tree count comes to 86,557 trees across 12.37 km² of land, 12 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 37,096 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Chānda today: AQI 174, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 21:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Chauhan Colony, Chandrapur - MPCB, 1.4 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
87.6
PM10
192.2
NO₂
24.1
O₃
26.7
SO₂
17.0
CO
0.8
Data: OpenAQ · CPCB, Central Pollution Control Board, Government of India (GODL-India)
- 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 Chānda's daily AQI at 148 on average, from 107 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 187 on Nov 11.
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 Chānda: Below target
28.0% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.37 km² of land.
Trees in this area
86,557
Target trees
123,653
More trees needed
37,096
CO₂ if planted / yr
816.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Chānda lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chānda has lost about 278 hectares of forest (about 390 football pitches): 35% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 278 haabout 390 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 35%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 274 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2004, when about 76 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 75 ha | under 1 ha | 76 ha |
| 2005 | 65 ha | under 1 ha | 65 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2008 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2009 | 42 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2018 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2019 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2025 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Chānda?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good98% · 273 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown1.2% · 3 ha
Also: towns and roads, mining and energy.
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
- 6,220 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,250 ha
- Overall change
- +27 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chānda stayed about the same size, at about 6,250 hectares: new forest grew on about 332 hectares, and about 306 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 Chānda right now?
The latest reading for Chānda shows an AQI of 174 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 21:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Chauhan Colony, Chandrapur - MPCB, 1.4 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Chānda today?
At AQI 174 (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 Chānda been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Chānda's daily AQI at 148 on average, from 107 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 187 on Nov 11. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Chānda'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 Chānda lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chānda has lost about 278 hectares of forest (about 390 football pitches): 35% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chānda stayed about the same size, at about 6,250 hectares: new forest grew on about 332 hectares, and about 306 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Chānda?
Chānda has an estimated 86,557 trees across the 12.37 km² of land measured — 28.0% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Chānda need?
Chānda needs roughly 37,096 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 816.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Chānda's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Chandrapur, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Chandrapur; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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