Dataset Overview

This dataset contains the cumulative forest area under encroachment in India

Free

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Sectors

Environment and Forest

Update Frequency

Not Applicable

Granularity

Country

Time Saved

2.5 hours

Number of rows

Number of Columns

Sources

Forest Land Encroachment in India

Time Period

2004 to 2022

Units

value in lakh hectares

Data Preview

year	state	category	value	unit
2004	All India	Cumulative encroached forest area	13.43	value in lakh hectares
2007	All India	Cumulative encroached forest area	17.4	value in lakh hectares
2010	All India	Cumulative encroached forest area	17.75	value in lakh hectares
2012	All India	Cumulative encroached forest area	12.49	value in lakh hectares
2013	All India	Cumulative encroached forest area	19.53	value in lakh hectares

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	12	12	Number	12
state	1	0	Text	12
category	1	0	Text	12
value	11	10	Number	12
unit	1	0	Text	12
note	0	0	Unsupported	0

Citation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Year-wise All India level Cumulative Forest Area under Encroachment [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/1332

Year-wise All India level Cumulative Forest Area under Encroachment