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Chhattisgarh state, India: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Chhattisgarh state

Search engines are asked not to list this page. They list a region page at 30 or more events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. This page has 25.

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in Chhattisgarh state, India in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 25 eventsP in Chhattisgarh state, India. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 78P. The low estimate is 75 and the high estimate is 79P. UCDP counts 7P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 9 regions of India with a page, Chhattisgarh state has the 2nd highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Chhattisgarh state holds 17 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in India in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 104 events in Chhattisgarh state. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 25P, which is down 76 percent. Over the same periods, the count for India as a whole went from 235 to 151P, which is down 36 percent. Events of non-state conflict are 0 percent of the events in Chhattisgarh state in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. For India, the share is 26 percentP.

Table 1. Chhattisgarh state, India: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events0025
Estimated deaths, best estimate0078
Low estimate of deaths0075
High estimate of deaths0079
Deaths of civilians007

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Chhattisgarh state, India on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

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Figure 1. Events in Chhattisgarh state by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Chhattisgarh state, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 25 events with 78 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Chhattisgarh state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
CPI-Maoist25P78P
Government of India18P72P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in Chhattisgarh state that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Chhattisgarh state in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Bijapur district18P54P
Dantewada district1P1P
Kanker district2P5P
Sukma district4P18P

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Chhattisgarh state: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict18P72%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians7P28%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Chhattisgarh state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
May 20261P4PCandidate Events
April 20261P1PCandidate Events
March 20261P1PCandidate Events
February 20263P8PCandidate Events
January 20267P24PCandidate Events
December 2025426GED
November 202529GED
October 202565GED
September 20251227GED
August 202567GED
July 2025818GED
June 20251019GED
May 2025958GED
April 2025715GED
March 20251058GED
February 2025647GED
January 20251154GED
December 20241018GED
November 2024419GED
October 20241150GED
September 2024618GED
August 2024911GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Chhattisgarh state, India: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/india/chhattisgarh-state/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Chhattisgarh state, India in September 2026?

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in Chhattisgarh state, India in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Chhattisgarh state, India in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 78P. The low estimate is 75 and the high estimate is 79P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.