Forest Cover in States/UTs in India - 2021 

 

States/UTs	Geographical area	2021 Assessment          (Area in sq. km)
		Very dense forest	Mod. dense forest	Open forest	Total forest	% of geographical area	Scrub	Very dense forest	Mod. dense forest
Andhra Pradesh	1,62,968	1,994	13,929	13,861	29,784	18.28	8,276	1,994	13,929
Arunachal Pradesh	83,743	21,058	30,176	15,197	66,431	79.33	797	21,058	30,176
Assam	78,438	3,017	9,991	15,304	28,312	36.09	228	3,017	9,991
Bihar	94,163	333	3,286	3,762	7,381	7.84	236	333	3,286
Chhattisgarh	1,35,192	7,068	32,279	16,370	55,717	41.21	615	7,068	32,279
Delhi	1,483	6.72	56.60	131.68	195.00	13.15	0.38	6.72	56.60
Goa	3,702	538	576	1,130	2,244	60.62	0	538	576
Gujarat	1,96,244	378	5,032	9,516	14,926	7.61	2,828	378	5,032
Haryana	44,212	28	445	1,130	1,603	3.63	159	28	445
Himachal Pradesh	55,673	3,163	7,100	5,180	15,443	27.73	322	3,163	7,100
Jharkhand	79,716	2,601	9,689	11,431	23,721	29.76	584	2,601	9,689
Karnataka	1,91,791	4,533	20,985	13,212	38,730	20.19	4,611	4,533	20,985
Kerala	38,852	1,944	9,472	9,837	21,253	54.70	30	1,944	9,472
Madhya Pradesh	3,08,252	6,665	34,209	36,619	77,493	25.14	5,457	6,665	34,209
Maharashtra	3,07,713	8,734	20,589	21,475	50,798	16.51	4,247	8,734	20,589
Manipur	22,327	905	6,228	9,465	16,598	74.34	1,215	905	6,228
Meghalaya	22,429	560	9,160	7,326	17,046	76.00	663	560	9,160
Mizoram	21,081	157	5,715	11,948	17,820	84.53	1	157	5,715
Nagaland	16,579	1,272	4,449	6,530	12,251	73.90	824	1,272	4,449
Odisha	1,55,707	7,213	20,995	23,948	52,156	33.50	4,924	7,213	20,995
Punjab	50,362	11	793	1,043	1,847	3.67	34	11	793
Rajasthan	3,42,239	78	4,369	12,208	16,655	4.87	4,809	78	4,369
Sikkim	7,096	1,102	1,551	688	3,341	47.08	296	1,102	1,551
Tamil Nadu	1,30,060	3,593	11,034	11,792	26,419	20.31	758	3,593	11,034
Telangana	1,12,077	1,624	9,119	10,471	21,214	18.93	2,911	1,624	9,119
Tripura	10,486	647	5,212	1,863	7,722	73.64	33	647	5,212
Uttar Pradesh	2,40,928	2,627	4,029	8,162	14,818	6.15	563	2,627	4,029
Uttarakhand	53,483	5,055	12,768	6,482	24,305	45.44	392	5,055	12,768
West Bengal	88,752	3,037	4,208	9,587	16,832	18.96	156	3,037	4,208
A & N Islands	8,249	5,678	683	383	6,744	81.75	1	5,678	683
Chandigarh	114	1.36	13.51	8.01	22.88	20.07	0.38	1.36	13.51
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and  Daman & Diu	602	1.40	85.56	140.79	227.75	37.83	4.85	1.40	85.56
Jammu & Kashmir Shapefile Area*(54,624)	2,22,236	4,155	8,117	9,115	21,387	39.15	284	4,155	8,117
Ladakh Shapefile Area* (1,68,055)		2	512	1,758	2,272	1.35	279	2	512
Lakshadweep	30	0.00	16.09	11.01	27.10	90.33	0.00	0.00	16.09
Puducherry	490	0.00	17.53	35.77	53.30	10.88	0.00	0.00	17.53
Total	32,87,469	99,779	3,06,890	3,07,120	7,13,789	21.71	46,539	99,779	3,06,890

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Area of shape flle provided by Survey of India (August, 2021).

 

Source: Forest Survey of India, Dehradun. India State of Forest Report (2021)