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Air quality in Chhattisgarh today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Jagdalpur has the cleanest air of the 11 cities we track in Chhattisgarh (AQI 65, Moderate), and Rāj-Nāndgaon the worst (AQI 107, Unhealthy for sensitive groups). Chirmiri has the most tree cover, at 66.4% — #15 of 470 cities measured in India.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
AQI 96
Average right now
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 11
- average tree cover
- 28.8%
- India: 27.3%
- worst air now: Rāj-Nāndgaon
- 107
- cleanest air now: Jagdalpur
- 65
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous, and it reads differently from India's AQI (CPCB). Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Chhattisgarh · average AQI 96
Air quality today across Chhattisgarh, city by city
| Raipur | 93Moderate | 23.3% | 19.8K | #248 of 470 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhilai | 98Moderate | 16.5% | 42.0K | #358 of 470 |
| Korba | 87Moderate | 31.9% | — | #126 of 470 |
| Bilāspur | 88Moderate | 27.3% | 8.3K | #178 of 470 |
| Durg | 95Moderate | 23.3% | 20.2K | #247 of 470 |
| Rāj-Nāndgaon | 107Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 21.3% | 41.3K | #285 of 470 |
| Raigarh | 153Unhealthy | 29.9% | 31.5K | #142 of 470 |
| Jagdalpur | 65Moderate | 31.4% | — | #128 of 470 |
| Ambikāpur | 105Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 21.3% | 43.0K | #283 of 470 |
| Dhamtari | 68Moderate | 23.7% | 19.8K | #239 of 470 |
| Chirmiri | 94Moderate | 66.4% | — | #15 of 470 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in India.
Is this 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.
India's AQI (CPCB) and the AQI, explainedDeforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Chhattisgarh lost?
Since 2001, Chhattisgarh has lost about 60,000 hectares of forest (about 84,000 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (48%). About 29,400 hectares (49%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 60,000 haabout 84,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 29,400 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,530 ha | 1,010 ha | 2,550 ha |
| 2002 | 1,020 ha | 991 ha | 2,010 ha |
| 2003 | 591 ha | 694 ha | 1,290 ha |
| 2004 | 1,540 ha | 738 ha | 2,280 ha |
| 2005 | 1,720 ha | 686 ha | 2,410 ha |
| 2006 | 1,740 ha | 671 ha | 2,410 ha |
| 2007 | 1,320 ha | 807 ha | 2,130 ha |
| 2008 | 1,460 ha | 497 ha | 1,960 ha |
| 2009 | 1,140 ha | 987 ha | 2,130 ha |
| 2010 | 896 ha | 459 ha | 1,360 ha |
| 2011 | 6,100 ha | 913 ha | 7,020 ha |
| 2012 | 2,460 ha | 929 ha | 3,390 ha |
| 2013 | 295 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,500 ha |
| 2014 | 520 ha | 1,160 ha | 1,680 ha |
| 2015 | 345 ha | 1,140 ha | 1,490 ha |
| 2016 | 450 ha | 2,060 ha | 2,510 ha |
| 2017 | 519 ha | 1,350 ha | 1,870 ha |
| 2018 | 465 ha | 2,190 ha | 2,650 ha |
| 2019 | 447 ha | 1,920 ha | 2,370 ha |
| 2020 | 443 ha | 724 ha | 1,170 ha |
| 2021 | 311 ha | 1,390 ha | 1,700 ha |
| 2022 | 384 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,290 ha |
| 2023 | 1,440 ha | 1,770 ha | 3,210 ha |
| 2024 | 1,060 ha | 2,490 ha | 3,550 ha |
| 2025 | 1,180 ha | 1,880 ha | 3,060 ha |
Forest loss is speeding up: about 2,760 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 2,110 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2011, when about 7,020 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Chhattisgarh?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good48% · 28,500 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back39% · 23,600 ha
- Loggingcan grow back5.8% · 3,450 ha
Also: mining and energy, wildfires, storms, floods and other natural causes, towns and roads, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. How it's measured
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