| (Square Kilometre) | | State/Union Territory | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 7601 | 7622 | 7622 | 7624 | 7615 | 7613 | 7606 | 6930 | 6964 | 6663 | | Andhra Pradesh | 49573 | 47290 | 47290 | 47256 | 47112 | 43290 | 44229 | 44637 | 44419 | 45231 | | Arunachal Pradesh | 64132 | 69002 | 68757 | 68661 | 68621 | 68602 | 68847 | 68045 | 68019 | 67472 | | Assam | 25160 | 24832 | 24751 | 24508 | 24061 | 23824 | 23688 | 27714 | 27826 | 27758 | | Bihar | 28482 | 26668 | 26668 | 26587 | 26561 | 4832 | 4830 | 5720 | 5558 | 6807 | | Chandigarh | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 17 | | Chhattisgarh | - | - | - | - | - | 56435 | 56693 | 56448 | 55998 | 55929 | | 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 | 1240 | 1255 | 1255 | 1250 | 1247 | 1252 | 1251 | 2095 | 2156 | 2156 | | Gujarat | 11991 | 11921 | 11907 | 12044 | 12320 | 12578 | 12965 | 15152 | 14946 | 14604 | | Haryana | 513 | 513 | 513 | 513 | 603 | 604 | 964 | 1754 | 1517 | 1604 | | Himachal Pradesh | 12480 | 12480 | 12480 | 12502 | 12501 | 12521 | 13082 | 14360 | 14353 | 14666 | | Jammu & Kashmir | 20905 | 20499 | 20499 | 20443 | 20433 | 20440 | 20441 | 21237 | 21267 | 22689 | | Jharkhand | - | - | - | - | - | 21692 | 21644 | 22637 | 22716 | 22722 | | Karnataka | 32268 | 32104 | 32199 | 32343 | 32382 | 32403 | 32467 | 36991 | 36449 | 36200 | | Kerala | 10292 | 10292 | 10292 | 10336 | 10336 | 10334 | 10323 | 15560 | 15577 | 17284 | | Lakshadweep | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 23 | 26 | | Madhya Pradesh | 130099 | 135541 | 135541 | 135396 | 135164 | 74760 | 75137 | 77265 | 76429 | 77739 | | Maharashtra | 45616 | 44044 | 44044 | 43859 | 43843 | 46143 | 46672 | 47482 | 46865 | 50661 | | Manipur | 17475 | 17685 | 17685 | 17621 | 17558 | 17418 | 17384 | 16926 | 17219 | 16952 | | Meghalaya | 16466 | 15645 | 15875 | 15769 | 15714 | 15657 | 15633 | 15584 | 16839 | 17205 | | Mizoram | 19084 | 18170 | 18853 | 18697 | 18576 | 18775 | 18338 | 17494 | 18430 | 18600 | | Nagaland | 14394 | 14399 | 14321 | 14348 | 14291 | 14221 | 14164 | 13345 | 13609 | 13665 | | Odisha | 53253 | 47227 | 47205 | 47145 | 47107 | 46941 | 47033 | 48838 | 48366 | 48755 | | Puducherry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | 40 | 42 | | Punjab | 943 | 1338 | 1343 | 1343 | 1342 | 1387 | 1412 | 2432 | 1580 | 1660 | | Rajasthan | 12758 | 12884 | 12889 | 13099 | 13280 | 13353 | 13871 | 16367 | 15826 | 16012 | | Sikkim | 2756 | 3041 | 3041 | 3119 | 3127 | 3129 | 3118 | 3193 | 3262 | 3357 | | Tamil Nadu | 17472 | 16992 | 16992 | 17005 | 17045 | 17064 | 17078 | 21482 | 22643 | 23314 | | Telangana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | Tripura | 5953 | 5535 | 5535 | 5538 | 5538 | 5546 | 5745 | 7065 | 8093 | 8173 | | Uttar Pradesh | 31226 | 33627 | 33609 | 33961 | 33986 | 10751 | 10756 | 13746 | 14118 | 14346 | | Uttarakhand | - | - | - | - | - | 23243 | 23260 | 23938 | 24465 | 24493 | | West Bengal | 8432 | 8015 | 8015 | 8186 | 8276 | 8349 | 8362 | 10693 | 12343 | 12970 | | All-India | 640819 | 638804 | 639364 | 639386 | 638879 | 633397 | 637293 | 675538 | 678333 | 690171 |
| TABLE 101: STATE-WISE FOREST COVER (Concld.) | | (Square Kilometre) | | State/Union Territory | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 6662 | 6662 | 6724 | 6711 | 6751 | 6742 | 6743 | 6744 | | Andhra Pradesh | 45102 | 46670 | 46389 | 46116 | 26006 | 28147 | 29137 | 29784 | | Arunachal Pradesh | 67353 | 67484 | 67410 | 67321 | 67154 | 66964 | 66688 | 66431 | | Assam | 27692 | 27692 | 27673 | 27671 | 27538 | 28105 | 28327 | 28312 | | Bihar | 6804 | 6804 | 6845 | 7291 | 7254 | 7299 | 7306 | 7381 | | Chandigarh | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | | Chhattisgarh | 55870 | 55678 | 55674 | 55621 | 55559 | 55547 | 55611 | 55717 | | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 211 | 211 | 211 | 213 | 206 | 207 | 207 | 228 | | Daman & Diu | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 20 | -* | | Delhi | 177 | 177 | 176 | 180 | 189 | 192 | 195 | 195 | | Goa | 2151 | 2212 | 2219 | 2219 | 2210 | 2229 | 2237 | 2244 | | Gujarat | 14620 | 14620 | 14619 | 14653 | 14710 | 14757 | 14857 | 14926 | | Haryana | 1594 | 1594 | 1608 | 1586 | 1580 | 1588 | 1602 | 1603 | | Himachal Pradesh | 14668 | 14668 | 14679 | 14683 | 14707 | 15100 | 15434 | 15443 | | Jammu & Kashmir | 22686 | 22537 | 22539 | 22538 | 22988 | 23241 | 23612 | 23659 | | Jharkhand | 22894 | 22894 | 22977 | 23473 | 23524 | 23553 | 23611 | 23721 | | Karnataka | 36190 | 36190 | 36194 | 36132 | 36449 | 37550 | 38575 | 38730 | | Kerala | 17324 | 17324 | 17300 | 17922 | 19278 | 20321 | 21144 | 21253 | | Lakshadweep | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | | Madhya Pradesh | 77700 | 77700 | 77700 | 77522 | 77426 | 77414 | 77482 | 77493 | | Maharashtra | 50650 | 50650 | 50646 | 50632 | 50699 | 50682 | 50778 | 50798 | | Manipur | 17280 | 17280 | 17090 | 16990 | 17083 | 17346 | 16847 | 16598 | | Meghalaya | 17321 | 17321 | 17275 | 17288 | 17262 | 17146 | 17119 | 17046 | | Mizoram | 19240 | 19183 | 19117 | 19054 | 18717 | 18186 | 18006 | 17820 | | Nagaland | 13464 | 13464 | 13318 | 13044 | 12939 | 12489 | 12486 | 12251 | | Odisha | 48855 | 48855 | 48903 | 50347 | 50460 | 51345 | 51619 | 52156 | | Puducherry | 44 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 57 | 54 | 52 | 53 | | Punjab | 1664 | 1664 | 1764 | 1772 | 1771 | 1837 | 1849 | 1847 | | Rajasthan | 16036 | 16036 | 16087 | 16086 | 16106 | 16572 | 16630 | 16655 | | Sikkim | 3357 | 3359 | 3359 | 3358 | 3353 | 3344 | 3342 | 3341 | | Tamil Nadu | 23338 | 23551 | 23625 | 23844 | 26208 | 26281 | 26364 | 26419 | | Telangana | - | - | - | - | 19854 | 20419 | 20582 | 21214 | | Tripura | 8073 | 7985 | 7977 | 7866 | 7890 | 7726 | 7726 | 7722 | | Uttar Pradesh | 14341 | 14341 | 14338 | 14349 | 14401 | 14679 | 14806 | 14818 | | Uttarakhand | 24495 | 24495 | 24496 | 24508 | 24272 | 24295 | 24303 | 24305 | | West Bengal | 12994 | 12994 | 12995 | 16805 | 16826 | 16847 | 16902 | 16832 | | All-India | 690899 | 692394 | 692027 | 697898 | 701495 | 708273 | 712249 | 713789 | - : Not Available. *: Figures for Dadra & Nagar Haveli include Daman & Diu as well.
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.
Source: India State of Forest Report 2001-2021, Forest Survey of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. | |