| (Square Kilometre) | | State/Union Territory | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 7,601 | 7,622 | 7,622 | 7,624 | 7,615 | 7,613 | 7,606 | 6,930 | 6,964 | 6,663 | | Andhra Pradesh | 49,573 | 47,290 | 47,290 | 47,256 | 47,112 | 43,290 | 44,229 | 44,637 | 44,419 | 45,231 | | Arunachal Pradesh | 64,132 | 69,002 | 68,757 | 68,661 | 68,621 | 68,602 | 68,847 | 68,045 | 68,019 | 67,472 | | Assam | 25,160 | 24,832 | 24,751 | 24,508 | 24,061 | 23,824 | 23,688 | 27,714 | 27,826 | 27,758 | | Bihar | 28,482 | 26,668 | 26,668 | 26,587 | 26,561 | 4,832 | 4,830 | 5,720 | 5,558 | 6,807 | | Chandigarh | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 17 | | Chhattisgarh | - | - | - | - | - | 56,435 | 56,693 | 56,448 | 55,998 | 55,929 | | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 238 | 206 | 206 | 206 | 204 | 204 | 202 | 219 | 225 | 216 | | Daman & Diu | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 6 | 8 | 6 | | Delhi | 15 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 88 | 111 | 170 | 177 | | Goa | 1,240 | 1,255 | 1,255 | 1,250 | 1,247 | 1,252 | 1,251 | 2,095 | 2,156 | 2,156 | | Gujarat | 11,991 | 11,921 | 11,907 | 12,044 | 12,320 | 12,578 | 12,965 | 15,152 | 14,946 | 14,604 | | Haryana | 513 | 513 | 513 | 513 | 603 | 604 | 964 | 1,754 | 1,517 | 1,604 | | Himachal Pradesh | 12,480 | 12,480 | 12,480 | 12,502 | 12,501 | 12,521 | 13,082 | 14,360 | 14,353 | 14,666 | | Jammu & Kashmir | 20,905 | 20,499 | 20,499 | 20,443 | 20,433 | 20,440 | 20,441 | 21,237 | 21,267 | 22,689 | | Jharkhand | - | - | - | - | - | 21,692 | 21,644 | 22,637 | 22,716 | 22,722 | | Karnataka | 32,268 | 32,104 | 32,199 | 32,343 | 32,382 | 32,403 | 32,467 | 36,991 | 36,449 | 36,200 | | Kerala | 10,292 | 10,292 | 10,292 | 10,336 | 10,336 | 10,334 | 10,323 | 15,560 | 15,577 | 17,284 | | Lakshadweep | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 23 | 26 | | Madhya Pradesh | 1,30,099 | 1,35,541 | 1,35,541 | 1,35,396 | 1,35,164 | 74,760 | 75,137 | 77,265 | 76,429 | 77,739 | | Maharashtra | 45,616 | 44,044 | 44,044 | 43,859 | 43,843 | 46,143 | 46,672 | 47,482 | 46,865 | 50,661 | | Manipur | 17,475 | 17,685 | 17,685 | 17,621 | 17,558 | 17,418 | 17,384 | 16,926 | 17,219 | 16,952 | | Meghalaya | 16,466 | 15,645 | 15,875 | 15,769 | 15,714 | 15,657 | 15,633 | 15,584 | 16,839 | 17,205 | | Mizoram | 19,084 | 18,170 | 18,853 | 18,697 | 18,576 | 18,775 | 18,338 | 17,494 | 18,430 | 18,600 | | Nagaland | 14,394 | 14,399 | 14,321 | 14,348 | 14,291 | 14,221 | 14,164 | 13,345 | 13,609 | 13,665 | | Odisha | 53,253 | 47,227 | 47,205 | 47,145 | 47,107 | 46,941 | 47,033 | 48,838 | 48,366 | 48,755 | | Puducherry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | 40 | 42 | | Punjab | 943 | 1,338 | 1,343 | 1,343 | 1,342 | 1,387 | 1,412 | 2,432 | 1,580 | 1,660 | | Rajasthan | 12,758 | 12,884 | 12,889 | 13,099 | 13,280 | 13,353 | 13,871 | 16,367 | 15,826 | 16,012 | | Sikkim | 2,756 | 3,041 | 3,041 | 3,119 | 3,127 | 3,129 | 3,118 | 3,193 | 3,262 | 3,357 | | Tamil Nadu | 17,472 | 16,992 | 16,992 | 17,005 | 17,045 | 17,064 | 17,078 | 21,482 | 22,643 | 23,314 | | Telangana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | Tripura | 5,953 | 5,535 | 5,535 | 5,538 | 5,538 | 5,546 | 5,745 | 7,065 | 8,093 | 8,173 | | Uttar Pradesh | 31,226 | 33,627 | 33,609 | 33,961 | 33,986 | 10,751 | 10,756 | 13,746 | 14,118 | 14,346 | | Uttarakhand | - | - | - | - | - | 23,243 | 23,260 | 23,938 | 24,465 | 24,493 | | West Bengal | 8,432 | 8,015 | 8,015 | 8,186 | 8,276 | 8,349 | 8,362 | 10,693 | 12,343 | 12,970 | | All-India | 6,40,819 | 6,38,804 | 6,39,364 | 6,39,386 | 6,38,879 | 6,33,397 | 6,37,293 | 6,75,538 | 6,78,333 | 6,90,171 |
| TABLE 99: STATE-WISE FOREST COVER (Concld.) | | (Square Kilometre) | | State/Union Territory | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013* | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021* | 2023* | | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 6,662 | 6,662 | 6,724 | 6,711 | 6,751 | 6,742 | 6,743 | 6,737 | 6,733 | | Andhra Pradesh | 45,102 | 46,670 | 46,389 | 26,044 | 26,006 | 28,147 | 29,137 | 30,224 | 30,085 | | Arunachal Pradesh | 67,353 | 67,484 | 67,410 | 66,966 | 67,154 | 66,964 | 66,688 | 65,973 | 65,882 | | Assam | 27,692 | 27,692 | 27,673 | 27,565 | 27,538 | 28,105 | 28,327 | 28,325 | 28,314 | | Bihar | 6,804 | 6,804 | 6,845 | 7,284 | 7,254 | 7,299 | 7,306 | 7,403 | 7,532 | | Chandigarh | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 25 | | Chhattisgarh | 55,870 | 55,678 | 55,674 | 55,607 | 55,559 | 55,547 | 55,611 | 55,831 | 55,812 | | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 211 | 211 | 211 | 220 | 206 | 207 | 207 | 226 | 226 | | Daman & Diu | 6 | 6 | 6 | - | 20 | 20 | 20 | - | - | | Delhi | 177 | 177 | 176 | 180 | 189 | 192 | 195 | 195 | 195 | | Goa | 2,151 | 2,212 | 2,219 | 2,219 | 2,210 | 2,229 | 2,237 | 2,267 | 2,266 | | Gujarat | 14,620 | 14,620 | 14,619 | 14,508 | 14,710 | 14,757 | 14,857 | 14,837 | 15,017 | | Haryana | 1,594 | 1,594 | 1,608 | 1,583 | 1,580 | 1,588 | 1,602 | 1,628 | 1,614 | | Himachal Pradesh | 14,668 | 14,668 | 14,679 | 14,683 | 14,707 | 15,100 | 15,434 | 15,526 | 15,580 | | Jammu & Kashmir | 22,686 | 22,537 | 22,539 | 20,948 | 22,988 | 23,241 | 23,612 | 21,263 | 21,346 | | Jharkhand | 22,894 | 22,894 | 22,977 | 23,815 | 23,524 | 23,553 | 23,611 | 23,707 | 23,766 | | Karnataka | 36,190 | 36,190 | 36,194 | 36,171 | 36,449 | 37,550 | 38,575 | 39,107 | 39,254 | | Kerala | 17,324 | 17,324 | 17,300 | 18,384 | 19,278 | 20,321 | 21,144 | 21,926 | 22,059 | | Lakshadweep | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | | Madhya Pradesh | 77,700 | 77,700 | 77,700 | 77,522 | 77,426 | 77,414 | 77,482 | 77,445 | 77,073 | | Maharashtra | 50,650 | 50,650 | 50,646 | 50,632 | 50,699 | 50,682 | 50,778 | 50,913 | 50,859 | | Manipur | 17,280 | 17,280 | 17,090 | 16,961 | 17,083 | 17,346 | 16,847 | 16,640 | 16,585 | | Meghalaya | 17,321 | 17,321 | 17,275 | 17,241 | 17,262 | 17,146 | 17,119 | 16,997 | 16,967 | | Mizoram | 19,240 | 19,183 | 19,117 | 18,978 | 18,717 | 18,186 | 18,006 | 17,749 | 17,990 | | Nagaland | 13,464 | 13,464 | 13,318 | 13,017 | 12,939 | 12,489 | 12,486 | 12,274 | 12,222 | | Odisha | 48,855 | 48,855 | 48,903 | 50,545 | 50,460 | 51,345 | 51,619 | 52,282 | 52,434 | | Puducherry | 44 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 57 | 54 | 52 | 44 | 44 | | Punjab | 1,664 | 1,664 | 1,764 | 1,791 | 1,771 | 1,837 | 1,849 | 1,847 | 1,846 | | Rajasthan | 16,036 | 16,036 | 16,087 | 16,086 | 16,106 | 16,572 | 16,630 | 16,632 | 16,548 | | Sikkim | 3,357 | 3,359 | 3,359 | 3,358 | 3,353 | 3,344 | 3,342 | 3,353 | 3,358 | | Tamil Nadu | 23,338 | 23,551 | 23,625 | 24,245 | 26,208 | 26,281 | 26,364 | 26,511 | 26,450 | | Telangana | - | - | - | 19,957 | 19,854 | 20,419 | 20,582 | 21,279 | 21,179 | | Tripura | 8,073 | 7,985 | 7,977 | 7,949 | 7,890 | 7,726 | 7,726 | 7,680 | 7,585 | | Uttar Pradesh | 14,341 | 14,341 | 14,338 | 14,360 | 14,401 | 14,679 | 14,806 | 14,927 | 15,046 | | Uttarakhand | 24,495 | 24,495 | 24,496 | 24,508 | 24,272 | 24,295 | 24,303 | 24,327 | 24,304 | | West Bengal | 12,994 | 12,994 | 12,995 | 17,102 | 16,826 | 16,847 | 16,902 | 16,782 | 16,832 | | Ladakh | - | - | - | 1,478 | - | - | - | 2,279 | 2,286 | | ALL INDIA | 6,90,899 | 6,92,394 | 6,92,027 | 6,98,712 | 7,01,495 | 7,08,273 | 7,12,249 | 7,15,186 | 7,15,343 | - : Not Available.
*: Figures for the years 2013, 2021 and 2023 are without any normalisation factor as per the India State of Forest Report 2023.
Notes: 1. The Forest cover includes all lands which have a tree canopy density of more than ten percent when projected vertically on the horizontal ground, within a minimum areal extent of one hectare.
2. Jammu & Kashmir includes data for UT of Jammu & Kashmir and UT of Ladakh except for the years 2013, 2021 and 2023.
3. Forest Survey of India (FSI) is being carried out country-wide, biennially, since 1987.
4. For the year 2013 and from 2021 onwards, the data for Daman and Diu is clubbed with Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
Source: India State of Forest Report, Various issues, Forest Survey of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. | |