Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Forest cover in India

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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