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Chhattisgarh state, India: events and estimated deaths in January 2026

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UCDP recorded 7 eventsP of organized violence in Chhattisgarh state, India in January 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 24P. The low estimate is 22 and the high estimate is 24P. UCDP counts 2P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for December 2025 was 4 events.

The count for January 2025 was 11 events. The change from January 2025 to January 2026 is down 36 percentP. Among the 22 months with a report for Chhattisgarh state, India, January 2026 has the 10th highest count of events. Chhattisgarh state, India holds 33 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in India in January 2026. In January 2025, the share was 69 percent.

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

The report of the country for this month: India, January 2026.

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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 .

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Events

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Table 1. Chhattisgarh state, January 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
3 Jan 2026Sukma district, Chhattisgarh stateGovernment of India; CPI-MaoistState-based121212
3 Jan 2026Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh stateGovernment of India; CPI-MaoistState-based222
17 Jan 2026Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh stateGovernment of India; CPI-MaoistState-based444
18 Jan 2026Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh stateGovernment of India; CPI-MaoistState-based111
18 Jan 2026Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh stateGovernment of India; CPI-MaoistState-based202
20 Jan 2026Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh stateCPI-Maoist; CiviliansOne-sided111
29 Jan 2026Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh stateGovernment of India; CPI-MaoistState-based222

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

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Chhattisgarh state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
CPI-Maoist7P24P
Government of India6P23P

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.

All months

Table 3. 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

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ConflictStats. Chhattisgarh state, India: events and estimated deaths in January 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/india/chhattisgarh-state/month/2026-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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