| (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 | 9,011 | 12,120 | 7,640 | 7,191 | 7,152 | 7,187 | 3,965 | 3,753 | 3,914 | 4,679 | | Arunachal Pradesh | 478 | 363 | 446 | 592 | 549 | 660 | 761 | 807 | 848 | 1,001 | | Assam | 1,942 | 935 | 1,484 | 1,590 | 1,564 | 1,582 | 1,613 | 1,496 | 1,408 | 1,630 | | Bihar | 3,693 | 1,620 | 2,522 | 2,495 | 2,369 | 2,164 | 2,182 | 2,263 | 2,003 | 2,341 | | Chandigarh | 2 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 15 | | Chhattisgarh | 3,535 | 6,723 | 4,492 | 4,027 | 3,866 | 3,463 | 3,629 | 3,833 | 4,248 | 5,355 | | 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 | 4,036 | 10,586 | 7,621 | 8,390 | 7,837 | 8,358 | 7,914 | 8,024 | 6,912 | 5,489 | | Haryana | 1,526 | 1,415 | 1,565 | 1,409 | 1,395 | 1,282 | 1,355 | 1,415 | 1,565 | 1,425 | | Himachal Pradesh | 397 | 491 | 709 | 638 | 623 | 697 | 757 | 822 | 829 | 675 | | Jammu & Kashmir | 2,217 | 3,826 | 5,633 | 6,764 | 6,550 | 7,664 | 8,354 | 7,815 | 7,944 | 4,465 | | Jharkhand | 2,694 | 5,012 | 3,080 | 3,032 | 2,914 | 2,629 | 2,783 | 2,922 | 2,657 | 2,867 | | Karnataka | 7,446 | 5,371 | 5,467 | 5,683 | 5,733 | 5,920 | 5,552 | 5,713 | 6,257 | 7,494 | | Kerala | 1,146 | 1,903 | 2,632 | 2,801 | 2,755 | 3,146 | 2,951 | 2,959 | 2,936 | 2,820 | | Lakshadweep | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | Madhya Pradesh | 5,751 | 7,250 | 6,267 | 6,871 | 7,090 | 7,087 | 7,773 | 8,073 | 8,339 | 8,054 | | Maharashtra | 8,269 | 9,320 | 8,978 | 9,466 | 9,079 | 9,142 | 9,558 | 9,831 | 10,806 | 12,108 | | 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 | 4,364 | 6,381 | 4,598 | 4,435 | 4,301 | 4,013 | 3,986 | 3,993 | 4,648 | 5,004 | | Puducherry | 35 | 35 | 42 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 23 | | Punjab | 1,634 | 1,608 | 1,823 | 1,699 | 1,699 | 1,499 | 1,544 | 1,622 | 1,592 | 1,138 | | Rajasthan | 5,286 | 8,638 | 8,379 | 8,274 | 8,272 | 7,860 | 8,269 | 8,266 | 8,112 | 8,733 | | Sikkim | 14 | 22 | 27 | 20 | 25 | 31 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 39 | | Tamil Nadu | 6,054 | 4,991 | 5,621 | 4,968 | 4,718 | 4,866 | 4,505 | 4,671 | 4,830 | 4,424 | | Telangana | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2,549 | 2,669 | 2,514 | 2,848 | | Tripura | 68 | 116 | 134 | 171 | 184 | 213 | 233 | 215 | 231 | 228 | | Uttar Pradesh | 7,545 | 7,715 | 8,203 | 7,381 | 7,382 | 6,895 | 7,044 | 7,442 | 7,342 | 7,421 | | Uttarakhand | 448 | 571 | 658 | 665 | 642 | 703 | 752 | 767 | 841 | 1,001 | | West Bengal | 3,264 | 1,731 | 2,269 | 2,458 | 2,335 | 2,144 | 2,088 | 2,136 | 2,006 | 2,349 | | All-India | 81,472 | 99,896 | 91,663 | 92,769 | 90,844 | 91,267 | 92,571 | 93,815 | 95,027 | 95,748 | - : Not Available. *: Figures for Dadra & Nagar Haveli include Daman & Diu as well.
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. | |