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Wildfires in Bihar
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 25,360 km² of Bihar at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6,100 km², ranking 16th of 35 regions of India.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2025, with 8,840 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 3,680 km². The 2021–2025 average is 63% higher than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
March, April and May together hold 64% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 March 2025, with detections in 552 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 25,360 km² with at least one detection, 44% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 10,220 | 40% |
| 2 years | 4,080 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,780 | 23% |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,210 | 17% |
| 11 years or more | 1,070 | 4.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 25.25, 83.75 and holds 22% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,010 | 6,009 |
| 2013 | 5,510 | 6,964 |
| 2014 | 4,370 | 5,342 |
| 2015 | 3,680 | 4,428 |
| 2016 | 5,570 | 6,955 |
| 2017 | 5,420 | 6,897 |
| 2018 | 6,180 | 7,857 |
| 2019 | 6,560 | 7,983 |
| 2020 | 3,850 | 4,722 |
| 2021 | 7,210 | 9,380 |
| 2022 | 6,930 | 9,132 |
| 2023 | 7,550 | 9,261 |
| 2024 | 8,740 | 11,623 |
| 2025 | 8,840 | 11,475 |
Other regions of India
- Madhya Pradesh38,920 km² in an average year
- Maharashtra31,990 km² in an average year
- Punjab30,530 km² in an average year
- Chhattisgarh28,500 km² in an average year
- Odisha27,930 km² in an average year
- Telangana19,840 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- Uttar Pradesh243 km
- Narayani Zone, Nepal243 km
- Lumbini Zone, Nepal277 km
- Bagmati Zone, Nepal295 km
- Janakpur Zone, Nepal298 km
- Jharkhand302 km