As per India State of
Forest Report, 2011, the forest cover of India is 6,92,027 Km2.
The details of forest cover, state-wise are given below :-
|
State/UT
|
Geographical
Area
|
2011 Assessment
|
|
|||
|
Very Dense
Forest
|
Mod. Dense
Forest
|
Open
Forest
|
Total
|
Forest cover as
percentage of geographical area (%)
|
||
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
275069
|
850
|
26242
|
19297
|
46389
|
16.86
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
83743
|
20868
|
31519
|
15023
|
67410
|
80.50
|
|
Assam
|
78438
|
1444
|
11404
|
14825
|
27673
|
35.28
|
|
Bihar
|
94163
|
231
|
3280
|
3334
|
6845
|
7.27
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
135191
|
4163
|
34911
|
16600
|
55674
|
41.18
|
|
Delhi
|
1483
|
7
|
49
|
120
|
176
|
11.88
|
|
Goa
|
3702
|
543
|
585
|
1091
|
2219
|
59.94
|
|
Gujarat
|
196022
|
376
|
5231
|
9012
|
14619
|
7.46
|
|
Haryana
|
44212
|
27
|
457
|
1124
|
1608
|
3.64
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
55673
|
3224
|
6381
|
5074
|
14679
|
26.37
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
222236
|
4140
|
8760
|
9639
|
22539
|
10.14
|
|
Jharkhand
|
79714
|
2590
|
9917
|
10470
|
22977
|
28.82
|
|
Karnataka
|
191791
|
1777
|
20179
|
14238
|
36194
|
18.87
|
|
Kerala
|
38863
|
1442
|
9394
|
6464
|
17300
|
44.52
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
308245
|
6640
|
34986
|
36074
|
77700
|
25.21
|
|
Maharashtra
|
307713
|
8736
|
20815
|
21095
|
50646
|
16.46
|
|
Manipur
|
22327
|
730
|
6151
|
10209
|
17090
|
76.54
|
|
Meghalaya
|
22429
|
433
|
9775
|
7067
|
17275
|
77.02
|
|
Mizoram
|
21081
|
134
|
6086
|
12897
|
19117
|
90.68
|
|
Nagaland
|
16579
|
1293
|
4931
|
7094
|
13318
|
80.33
|
|
Orissa
|
155707
|
7060
|
21366
|
20477
|
48903
|
31.41
|
|
Punjab
|
50362
|
0
|
736
|
1028
|
1764
|
3.50
|
|
Rajasthan
|
342239
|
72
|
4448
|
11567
|
16087
|
4.70
|
|
Sikkim
|
7096
|
500
|
2161
|
698
|
3359
|
47.34
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
130058
|
2948
|
10321
|
10356
|
23625
|
18.16
|
|
Tripura
|
10486
|
109
|
4686
|
3182
|
7977
|
76.04
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
240928
|
1626
|
4559
|
8153
|
14338
|
5.95
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
53483
|
4762
|
14167
|
5567
|
24496
|
45.80
|
|
West Bengal
|
88752
|
2984
|
4646
|
5365
|
12995
|
14.64
|
|
A&NIslands
|
8249
|
3761
|
2416
|
547
|
6724
|
81.51
|
|
Chandigarh
|
114
|
1
|
10
|
6
|
17
|
14.72
|
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
491
|
0
|
114
|
97
|
211
|
42.97
|
|
Daman & Diu
|
112
|
0
|
0.62
|
5.53
|
6
|
5.49
|
|
Lakshadweep
|
32
|
0
|
17.18
|
9.88
|
27
|
84.56
|
|
Puducherry
|
480
|
0
|
35.37
|
14.69
|
50
|
10.43
|
|
Grand Total
|
3287263
|
83471
|
320736
|
287820
|
692027
|
21.05
|
As per ISFR-2011 the
accuracy of classification of forest cover is 95.23%.
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