Forest cover by state in India

The forest cover (in square kilometres) in India by state and union territory as published by the Forest Survey of India in 2013.[1]

State / UT Geographical Area Very dense Moderately dense Open forest Total forest area % of forested area
Andhra Pradesh 275,069 850 26,079 19,187 46,116 16.77%
Arunachal Pradesh 83,743 20,828 31,414 15,079 67,321 80.39%
Assam 78,438 1,444 11,345 14,882 27,671 35.28%
Bihar 94,163 247 3,380 3,664 7,291 7.74%
Chhattisgarh 135,191 4,153 34,865 16,603 55,621 41.14%
Delhi 1,483 6.76 49.38 123.67 179.81 12.12%
Goa 3,702 543 585 1091 2219 59.94%
Gujarat 196,022 376 5,220 9,057 14,653 7.48%
Haryana 44,212 27 453 1,106 1,586 3.59%
Himachal Pradesh 55,673 3,224 6,381 5,078 14,683 26.37%
Jammu & Kashmir 222,236 4,140 8,760 9,638 22,538 10.14%
Jharkhand 79,714 2,587 9,667 11,219 23,473 29.45%
Karnataka 191,791 1,777 20,179 14,176 36,132 18.84%
Kerala 38,863 1,529 9,401 6,992 17,922 46.12%
Madhya Pradesh 308,245 6,632 34,921 35,969 77,522 25.15%
Maharashtra 307,713 8,720 20,770 21,142 50,632 16.45%
Manipur 22,327 728 6,094 10,168 16,990 76.10%
Meghalaya 22,429 449 9,689 7,150 17,288 77.08%
Mizoram 21,081 138 5,900 13,016 19,054 90.38%
Nagaland 16,579 1,298 4,736 7,010 13,044 78.68%
Odisha 155,707 7,042 21,298 22,007 50,347 32.33%
Punjab 50,362 0 736 1,036 1,772 3.52%
Rajasthan 342,239 72 4,424 11,590 16,086 4.70%
Sikkim 7,096 500 2,161 697 3,358 47.32%
Tamil Nadu 130,058 2,948 10,199 10,697 23,844 18.33%
Tripura 10,486 109 4,641 3,116 7,866 75.01%
Uttar Pradesh 240,928 1,623 4,550 8,176 14,349 5.96%
Uttarakhand 53,483 4,785 14,111 5,612 24,508 45.82%
West Bengal 88,752 2,971 4,146 9,688 16,805 18.93%
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 8,249 3,754 2,413 544 6,711 81.36%
Chandigarh 114 1.36 9.66 6.24 17.26 15.14%
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 491 0 114 99 213 43.38%
Daman & Diu 12 0 1.87 7.4 9.27 8.28%
Lakshadweep 32 0 17.18 9.88 27.06 84.56%
Puducherry 480 0 35.23 14.83 50.06 10.43%
Total 3,287,263 83,502 318,745 295,651 697,898 21.23%

See also

References

  1. "India State of Forest Report 2013" (PDF). Forest Survey of India. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
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