| (Square Kilometre) | | State/Union Territory | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 83 | 33 | 53 | 44 | 39 | 41 | 37 | 35 | 41 | 23 | | Andhra Pradesh | 9011 | 12120 | 7640 | 7191 | 7152 | 7187 | 3965 | 3753 | 3914 | 4679 | | Arunachal Pradesh | 478 | 363 | 446 | 592 | 549 | 660 | 761 | 807 | 848 | 1001 | | Assam | 1942 | 935 | 1484 | 1590 | 1564 | 1582 | 1613 | 1496 | 1408 | 1630 | | Bihar | 3693 | 1620 | 2522 | 2495 | 2369 | 2164 | 2182 | 2263 | 2003 | 2341 | | Chandigarh | 2 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 15 | | Chhattisgarh | 3535 | 6723 | 4492 | 4027 | 3866 | 3463 | 3629 | 3833 | 4248 | 5355 | | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 27 | 35 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 32 | | Daman & Diu | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | * | | Delhi | 40 | 98 | 107 | 123 | 120 | 118 | 111 | 113 | 129 | 147 | | Goa | 62 | 136 | 268 | 286 | 286 | 334 | 325 | 323 | 272 | 244 | | Gujarat | 4036 | 10586 | 7621 | 8390 | 7837 | 8358 | 7914 | 8024 | 6912 | 5489 | | Haryana | 1526 | 1415 | 1565 | 1409 | 1395 | 1282 | 1355 | 1415 | 1565 | 1425 | | Himachal Pradesh | 397 | 491 | 709 | 638 | 623 | 697 | 757 | 822 | 829 | 675 | | Jammu & Kashmir | 2217 | 3826 | 5633 | 6764 | 6550 | 7664 | 8354 | 7815 | 7944 | 4465 | | Jharkhand | 2694 | 5012 | 3080 | 3032 | 2914 | 2629 | 2783 | 2922 | 2657 | 2867 | | Karnataka | 7446 | 5371 | 5467 | 5683 | 5733 | 5920 | 5552 | 5713 | 6257 | 7494 | | Kerala | 1146 | 1903 | 2632 | 2801 | 2755 | 3146 | 2951 | 2959 | 2936 | 2820 | | Lakshadweep | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0.29 | 0.05 | | Madhya Pradesh | 5751 | 7250 | 6267 | 6871 | 7090 | 7087 | 7773 | 8073 | 8339 | 8054 | | Maharashtra | 8269 | 9320 | 8978 | 9466 | 9079 | 9142 | 9558 | 9831 | 10806 | 12108 | | Manipur | 95 | 136 | 142 | 197 | 193 | 224 | 243 | 220 | 173 | 169 | | Meghalaya | 140 | 352 | 405 | 542 | 578 | 668 | 710 | 657 | 710 | 698 | | Mizoram | 95 | 130 | 122 | 172 | 190 | 223 | 535 | 467 | 441 | 444 | | Nagaland | 70 | 217 | 238 | 300 | 322 | 372 | 381 | 379 | 362 | 365 | | Odisha | 4364 | 6381 | 4598 | 4435 | 4301 | 4013 | 3986 | 3993 | 4648 | 5004 | | Puducherry | 35 | 35 | 42 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 23 | | Punjab | 1634 | 1608 | 1823 | 1699 | 1699 | 1499 | 1544 | 1622 | 1592 | 1138 | | Rajasthan | 5286 | 8638 | 8379 | 8274 | 8272 | 7860 | 8269 | 8266 | 8112 | 8733 | | Sikkim | 14 | 22 | 27 | 20 | 25 | 31 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 39 | | Tamil Nadu | 6054 | 4991 | 5621 | 4968 | 4718 | 4866 | 4505 | 4671 | 4830 | 4424 | | Telangana | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2549 | 2669 | 2514 | 2848 | | Tripura | 68 | 116 | 134 | 171 | 184 | 213 | 233 | 215 | 231 | 228 | | Uttar Pradesh | 7545 | 7715 | 8203 | 7381 | 7382 | 6895 | 7044 | 7442 | 7342 | 7421 | | Uttarakhand | 448 | 571 | 658 | 665 | 642 | 703 | 752 | 767 | 841 | 1001 | | West Bengal | 3264 | 1731 | 2269 | 2458 | 2335 | 2144 | 2088 | 2136 | 2006 | 2349 | | All-India | 81472 | 99896 | 91663 | 92769 | 90844 | 91267 | 92571 | 93815 | 95027 | 95748 | - : Not Available.
Notes: 1. The ‘tree cover’ is defined as tree patches outside recorded forest areas exclusive of forest cover and less than the minimum mappable area 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. | |