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Forest Area by States/UT in India
 

(Area in sq.km )

S. No.

State/UT

Geographic area

Reserved forests

Protected forests

Unclassed

Total

% of Forests to total geographic area

1

Andhra Pradesh

275068

50479

12365

970

63814

23.20

2

Arunachal Pradesh

83743

15321

8

36211

51540

61.55

3

Assam

78438

18242

3934

8532

30708

39.15

4

Bihar

173877

5051

24168

7

29226

16.81

5

Delhi

1483

78

7

0

85

5.73

6

Goa

3702

165

0

1259

1424

38.47

7

Gujarat

196024

13819

997

4577

19393

9.89

8

Haryana

44212

247

1104

322

1673

3.78

9

Himachal Pradesh

55673

1896

31473

2038

35407

63.60

10

Jammu & Kashmir

222235

20182

0

0

20182

9.08

11

Karnataka

191791

28611

3932

6181

38724

20.19

12

Kerala

38863

11038

183

0

11221

28.87

13

Madhya Pradesh

443446

82700

66678

5119

154497

34.84

14

Maharashtra

307690

48373

9350

6119

63842

20.75

15

Manipur

22327

1463

4171

9520

15154

67.87

16

Meghalaya

22429

981

12

8503

9496

42.34

17

Mizoram

21081

7127

3568

5240

15935

75.59

18

Nagaland

16579

86

507

8036

8629

52.05

19

Orissa

155707

27087

30080

17

57184

36.73

20

Punjab

50362

44

1107

1750

2901

5.76

21

Rajasthan

342239

11585

16837

3278

31700

9.26

22

Sikkim

7096

2261

285

104

2650

37.34

23

Tamil Nadu

130058

19486

2528

614

22628

17.40

24

Tripura

10486

3588

509

2196

6293

60.01

25

Uttar Pradesh

294411

36425

1499

13739

51663

17.55

26

West Bengal

88752

7054

3772

1053

11879

13.38

27

Andaman & Nicobar Island

8249

2929

4242

0

7171

86.93

28

Chandigarh

114

31

0

0

31

27.19

29

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

491

198

5

0

203

41.34

30

Daman & Diu

112

0

0.7

0

1

0.63

31

Lakshadweep

32

0

0

0

0

0.00

32

Pondicherry

493

0

0

0

0

0.00

Total

3287263

416547

223321.7

125385

765253

23.28

Source: Forest Survey of India , The State of Forest Report 1999

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