Is Bāhāgalpur safe? India travel risk
Is Bāhāgalpur safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Bāhāgalpur scores 48/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates India Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 16 Jun 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 7 Oct 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Bāhāgalpur scores 48/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and India (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bāhāgalpur: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and natural hazards (54/100).
A score of 48 is higher than the scores of 63% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
In the West Bengal territory, Bāhāgalpur is established at 24.5934° N, 87.9536° E. It lies 1,157.4 km WNW relative to New Delhi. Time zone observed: UTC.
West Bengal
24.5934° N, 87.9536° E
Lowland
UTC
11,528
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in India
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Bāhāgalpur happened in March (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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