Is Raxaul safe? India travel risk
Is Raxaul safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Raxaul scores 51/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). 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.
Raxaul scores 51/100 (Elevated). 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 Raxaul: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and natural hazards (72/100).
A score of 51 is higher than the scores of 69% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 26.9833° N, 84.8500° E in Bihār, Raxaul features an altitude of 86 m. The settlement is located 773.0 km WNW from New Delhi.
Bihār
26.9833° N, 84.8500° E
86 m
Asia/Kolkata
125,210
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities 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 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Raxaul happened in April (10 of 12 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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