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Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar Air quality today
Air quality in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar currently reads AQI 185 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 185
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 104.7
- tree cover
- 23.1%
- trees in this area
- 72.2K
- more trees needed
- 52.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Shastri Colony, Mughalsarai Railway Settlement, Uttar Pradesh 232101, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar · AQI 185 (Unhealthy)
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar's tree count comes to 72,208 trees across 12.51 km² of land, 17 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 52,827 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar today: AQI 185, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 22:45 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Bhelupur, Varanasi - UPPCB, 12.5 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
104.7
PM10
270.9
NO₂
23.7
O₃
7.3
SO₂
63.9
CO
1.0
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 Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar's daily AQI at 187 on average, from 176 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 223 on Nov 4.
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 Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar: Critically low
23.1% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.51 km² of land.
Trees in this area
72,208
Target trees
125,035
More trees needed
52,827
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,162 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar has lost about 8 hectares of forest (about 12 football pitches): 3.8% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (14%). About 2 hectares (20%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 8 haabout 12 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 2 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 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 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 | 2 ha | 2 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good14% · 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good7.2% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown80% · 7 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar right now?
The latest reading for Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar shows an AQI of 185 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 22:45 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Bhelupur, Varanasi - UPPCB, 12.5 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 Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar today?
At AQI 185 (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 Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar's daily AQI at 187 on average, from 176 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 223 on Nov 4. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar'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 Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar has lost about 8 hectares of forest (about 12 football pitches): 3.8% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (14%). About 2 hectares (20%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
What is the tree count in Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar?
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar has an estimated 72,208 trees across the 12.51 km² of land measured — 23.1% tree cover, 17 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar need?
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar needs roughly 52,827 more trees to close a 17-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 1,162 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Shastri Colony, 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 Shastri Colony; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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