India NCAP - City Airsheds -

Updated: March, 2023

131 NCAP non-attainment cities are grouped into 104 airsheds. Of these airsheds, 73 contain only one city; 18 contain two cities, and nine contain three cities. Four airsheds – Delhi, Mumbai, Indore, and Chandigarh contain 10, 8, 5, and 5 cities respectively. An additional 33 cities, not on the NCAP list are also part of these airsheds.

Visualize the airshed grid extent on OpenStreetMaps (here).

Download full resolution animation: here (or click on the image)

In the table, the grid details of the airshed are presented as a Google Earth enabled KML file and also as a CSV file with data on grid no. (starting with the southwest corner going left to right and bottom to top), SW and NE corners and mid-points of each grid, and grid area in sq.km.

Journal Article on airshed designation process and monitoring needs (2023): here
Journal article with review of NCAP action plans (2020): here

S.No.	State	Airshed	Airshed Size (0.01 deg grids)	Google Earth KML file	Excel File with Details
1	Andhra Pradesh	Anantapur	30 x 30	KML	CSV
2	Andhra Pradesh	Chitoor	30 x 30	KML	CSV
3	Andhra Pradesh	Eluru	30 x 30	KML	CSV
4	Andhra Pradesh	Guntur	in Vijayawada
5	Andhra Pradesh	Kadapa	30 x 30	KML	CSV
6	Andhra Pradesh	Kurnool	30 x 30	KML	CSV
7	Andhra Pradesh	Nellore	30 x 30	KML	CSV
8	Andhra Pradesh	Ongole	30 x 30	KML	CSV
9	Andhra Pradesh	Rajahmundry	30 x 30	KML	CSV
10	Andhra Pradesh	Srikakulam	30 x 30	KML	CSV
11	Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada	50 x 50	KML	CSV
12	Andhra Pradesh	Vishakhapatnam	50 x 50	KML	CSV
13	Andhra Pradesh	Vizianagaram	30 x 30	KML	CSV
14	Assam	Guwahati	40 x 30	KML	CSV
15	Assam	Nagaon	30 x 30	KML	CSV
16	Assam	Nalbari	30 x 30	KML	CSV
17	Assam	Sibsagar	30 x 30	KML	CSV
18	Assam	Silchar	30 x 30	KML	CSV
19	Bihar	Gaya	30 x 30	KML	CSV
20	Bihar	Muzaffarpur	30 x 30	KML	CSV
21	Bihar	Patna	60 x 40	KML	CSV
22	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	50 x 40	KML	CSV
23	Chhattisgarh	Bhilai	in Raipur
24	Chhattisgarh	Korba	40 x 40	KML	CSV
25	Chhattisgarh	Raipur	60 x 30	KML	CSV
26	Delhi	Delhi	100 x 100	KML	CSV
27	Gujarat	Ahmedabad	50 x 50	KML	CSV
28	Gujarat	Rajkot	30 x 30	KML	CSV
29	Gujarat	Surat	50 x 50	KML	CSV
30	Gujarat	Vadodara	30 x 30	KML	CSV
31	Haryana	Faridabad	in Delhi
32	Himachal Pradesh	Baddi	in Nalagrah
33	Himachal Pradesh	Damtal	in Pathankot
34	Himachal Pradesh	KalaAmb	30 x 30	KML	CSV
35	Himachal Pradesh	Nalagarh	30 x 30	KML	CSV
36	Himachal Pradesh	PaontaSahib	20 x 20	KML	CSV
37	Himachal Pradesh	Parwanoo	in Chandigarh
38	Himachal Pradesh	SunderNagar	20 x 20	KML	CSV
39	Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu	30 x 30	KML	CSV
40	Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar	30 x 30	KML	CSV
41	Jharkhand	Dhanbad	60 x 40	KML	CSV
42	Jharkhand	Jamshedpur	40 x 40	KML	CSV
43	Jharkhand	Ranchi	40 x 40	KML	CSV
44	Karnataka	Bangalore	60 x 60	KML	CSV
45	Karnataka	Devanagere	30 x 30	KML	CSV
46	Karnataka	Gulburga	30 x 30	KML	CSV
47	Karnataka	Hubli-Dharwad	30 x 30	KML	CSV
48	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	40 x 40	KML	CSV
49	Madhya Pradesh	Dewas	in Indore
50	Madhya Pradesh	Gwalior	30 x 30	KML	CSV
51	Madhya Pradesh	Indore	80 x 80	KML	CSV
52	Madhya Pradesh	Jabalpur	40 x 40	KML	CSV
53	Madhya Pradesh	Sagar	30 x 30	KML	CSV
54	Madhya Pradesh	Ujjain	in Indore
55	Maharashtra	Akola	30 x 30	KML	CSV
56	Maharashtra	Amravati	30 x 30	KML	CSV
57	Maharashtra	Aurangabad	40 x 40	KML	CSV
58	Maharashtra	Badlapur	in Mumbai
59	Maharashtra	Chandrapur	30 x 30	KML	CSV
60	Maharashtra	Jalgaon	30 x 30	KML	CSV
61	Maharashtra	Jalna	30 x 30	KML	CSV
62	Maharashtra	Kolhapur	60 x 40	KML	CSV
63	Maharashtra	Latur	30 x 30	KML	CSV
64	Maharashtra	Mumbai	80 x 80	KML	CSV
65	Maharashtra	Nagpur	40 x 40	KML	CSV
66	Maharashtra	Nashik	40 x 40	KML	CSV
67	Maharashtra	NaviMumbai	in Mumbai
68	Maharashtra	Pune	40 x 40	KML	CSV
69	Maharashtra	Sangli	in Kolhapur
70	Maharashtra	Solapur	30 x 30	KML	CSV
71	Maharashtra	Thane	in Mumbai
72	Maharashtra	Ulhasnagar	in Mumbai
73	Maharashtra	Vasai_Virar	in Mumbai
74	Meghalaya	Byrnihat	in Guwahati
75	Nagaland	Dimapur	30 x 30	KML	CSV
76	Nagaland	Kohima	30 x 30	KML	CSV
77	Orissa	Angul	40 x 40	KML	CSV
78	Orissa	Balasore	30 x 30	KML	CSV
79	Orissa	Bhubaneswar	40 x 40	KML	CSV
80	Orissa	Cuttack	in Bhubaneswar
81	Orissa	KalingaNagar	in Bhubaneswar
82	Orissa	Rourkela	30 x 30	KML	CSV
83	Orissa	Talcher	in Angul
84	Punjab	Amritsar	40 x 40	KML	CSV
85	Punjab	DeraBassi	in Chandigarh
86	Punjab	Gobindgarh	in Khanna
87	Punjab	Jalandhar	40 x 40	KML	CSV
88	Punjab	Khanna	30 x 30	KML	CSV
89	Punjab	Ludhiana	40 x 40	KML	CSV
90	Punjab	NayaNangal	30 x 30	KML	CSV
91	Punjab	Pathankot	30 x 30	KML	CSV
92	Punjab	Patiala	60 x 40	KML	CSV
93	Rajasthan	Alwar	30 x 30	KML	CSV
94	Rajasthan	Jaipur	40 x 40	KML	CSV
95	Rajasthan	Jodhpur	40 x 40	KML	CSV
96	Rajasthan	Kota	30 x 30	KML	CSV
97	Rajasthan	Udaipur	30 x 30	KML	CSV
98	Tamilnadu	Chennai	50 x 50	KML	CSV
99	Tamilnadu	Madurai	30 x 30	KML	CSV
100	Tamilnadu	Thoothukudi	40 x 40	KML	CSV
101	Tamilnadu	Trichy	30 x 30	KML	CSV
102	Telangana	Hyderabad	80 x 50	KML	CSV
103	Telangana	Nalgonda	30 x 30	KML	CSV
104	Telangana	Patancheruvu	in Hyderabad
105	Telangana	Sangareddy	in Hyderabad
106	Uttar Pradesh	Agra	40 x 40	KML	CSV
107	Uttar Pradesh	Allahabad	40 x 40	KML	CSV
108	Uttar Pradesh	Anpara	40 x 40	KML	CSV
109	Uttar Pradesh	Bareily	30 x 30	KML	CSV
110	Uttar Pradesh	Firozabad	30 x 30	KML	CSV
111	Uttar Pradesh	Gajraula	30 x 30	KML	CSV
112	Uttar Pradesh	Ghaziabad	in Delhi
113	Uttar Pradesh	Gorakhpur	30 x 30	KML	CSV
114	Uttar Pradesh	Jhansi	30 x 30	KML	CSV
115	Uttar Pradesh	Kanpur	40 x 40	KML	CSV
116	Uttar Pradesh	Khurja	30 x 30	KML	CSV
117	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	60 x 60	KML	CSV
118	Uttar Pradesh	Meerut	30 x 30	KML	CSV
119	Uttar Pradesh	Moradabad	30 x 30	KML	CSV
120	Uttar Pradesh	Noida	in Delhi
121	Uttar Pradesh	Raebareli	30 x 30	KML	CSV
122	Uttar Pradesh	Varanasi	40 x 40	KML	CSV
123	Uttarakhand	Dehradun	30 x 30	KML	CSV
124	Uttarakhand	Kashipur	30 x 30	KML	CSV
125	Uttarakhand	Rishikesh	30 x 30	KML	CSV
126	West Bengal	Asansol	60 x 40	KML	CSV
127	West Bengal	Barrackpore	in Kolkata
128	West Bengal	Durgapur	in Asansol
129	West Bengal	Haldia	40 x 40	KML	CSV
130	West Bengal	Howrah	in Kolkata
131	West Bengal	Kolkata	60 x 60	KML	CSV