ENVIS Centre, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India
Printed Date: Friday, October 11, 2024
Forest Cover in States/UTs in India in 2017
|
2017 Assessment
|
|
States/UTs
|
Geographical area
|
Very dense forest
|
Mod. dense forest
|
Open forest
|
Total
forest
|
% of geographical area
|
Scrub
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
1,62,968
|
1,957
|
14,051
|
12,139
|
28,147
|
17.27
|
9,560
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
83,743
|
20,721
|
30,955
|
15,288
|
66,964
|
79.96
|
247
|
|
Assam
|
78,438
|
2,797
|
10,192
|
15,116
|
28,105
|
35.83
|
217
|
|
Bihar
|
94,163
|
332
|
3,260
|
3,707
|
7,299
|
7.75
|
228
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
1,35,192
|
7,064
|
32,215
|
16,268
|
55,547
|
41.09
|
552
|
|
Delhi
|
1,483
|
6.72
|
56.24
|
129.45
|
192.41
|
12.97
|
0.67
|
|
Goa
|
3,702
|
538
|
576
|
1,115
|
2,229
|
60.21
|
0
|
|
Gujarat
|
1,96,244
|
378
|
5,200
|
9,179
|
14,757
|
7.52
|
2,194
|
|
Haryana
|
44,212
|
28
|
452
|
1,108
|
1,588
|
3.59
|
154
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
55,673
|
3,110
|
6,705
|
5,285
|
15,100
|
27.12
|
308
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir*
|
2,22,236
|
4,075
|
8,579
|
10,587
|
23,241
|
10.46
|
573
|
|
Jharkhand
|
79,716
|
2,598
|
9,686
|
11,269
|
23,553
|
29.55
|
669
|
|
Karnataka
|
1,91,791
|
4,502
|
20,444
|
12,604
|
37,550
|
19.58
|
4,484
|
|
Kerala
|
38,852
|
1,663
|
9,407
|
9,251
|
20,321
|
52.30
|
23
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
3,08,252
|
6,563
|
34,571
|
36,280
|
77,414
|
25.11
|
6,279
|
|
Maharashtra
|
3,07,713
|
8,736
|
20,652
|
21,294
|
50,682
|
16.47
|
4,160
|
|
Manipur
|
22,327
|
908
|
6,510
|
9,928
|
17,346
|
77.69
|
1,111
|
|
Meghalaya
|
22,429
|
453
|
9,386
|
7,307
|
17,146
|
76.45
|
505
|
|
Mizoram
|
21,081
|
131
|
5,861
|
12,194
|
18,186
|
86.27
|
0
|
|
Nagaland
|
16,579
|
1,279
|
4,587
|
6,623
|
12,489
|
75.33
|
503
|
|
Odisha
|
1,55,707
|
6,967
|
21,370
|
23,008
|
51,345
|
32.98
|
4,306
|
|
Punjab
|
50,362
|
8
|
806
|
1,023
|
1,837
|
3.65
|
33
|
|
Rajasthan
|
3,42,239
|
78
|
4,340
|
12,154
|
16,572
|
4.84
|
4,579
|
|
Sikkim
|
7,096
|
1,081
|
1,575
|
688
|
3,344
|
47.13
|
307
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1,30,060
|
3,672
|
10,979
|
11,630
|
26,281
|
20.21
|
657
|
|
Telangana
|
112,077
|
1,596
|
8,738
|
10,085
|
20,419
|
18.22
|
3,238
|
|
Tripura
|
10,486
|
656
|
5,246
|
1,824
|
7,726
|
73.68
|
15
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
2,40,928
|
2,617
|
4,069
|
7,993
|
14,679
|
6.09
|
551
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
53,483
|
4,969
|
12,884
|
6,442
|
24,295
|
45.43
|
383
|
|
West Bengal
|
88,752
|
2,994
|
4,147
|
9,706
|
16,847
|
18.98
|
136
|
|
A & N Islands
|
8,249
|
5,678
|
684
|
380
|
6,742
|
81.73
|
1
|
|
Chandigarh
|
114
|
1.36
|
13.82
|
6.38
|
21.56
|
18.91
|
0.02
|
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
491
|
0
|
80
|
127
|
207
|
42.16
|
5
|
|
Daman & Diu
|
111
|
1.40
|
5.82
|
13.27
|
20.49
|
18.46
|
0.27
|
|
Lakshadweep
|
30
|
0
|
17.04
|
10.06
|
27.10
|
90.33
|
0
|
|
Puducherry
|
490
|
0
|
17.60
|
36.07
|
53.67
|
10.95
|
0
|
|
Grand Total
|
32,87,469
|
98,158
|
3,08,318
|
3,01,797
|
7,08,273
|
21.54
|
45,979
|
Source: Forest Survey of India, Dehradun. India State of Forest Report (2017).