Is Silchar safe? India travel risk
Is Silchar safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Silchar 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). The US State Department rates Assam, where Silchar is, Level 3: Reconsider Travel, higher than India overall (Level 2). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Silchar 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 Silchar: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and natural hazards (76/100).
A score of 51 is higher than the scores of 69% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Coordinates 24.8200° N, 92.8000° E place Silchar within Assam at an elevation of 24 meters. Heading to New Delhi: 1,603.6 km WNW.
Assam
24.8200° N, 92.8000° E
24 m
Asia/Kolkata
172,830
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | 1 | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Silchar happened in March (13 of 26 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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