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Year and State-wise Forest Cover, Geographical Area and Percentage of Forest Cover

Dataset Overview

This dataset contains year and state-wise forest cover, geographical area and percentage of forest cover Note: 1. Between 1987 to 1995, Data for Goa also includes Daman and Diu 2. From ISFR 2019 onwards Jammu and Kashmir was divided into two UTs viz. Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and from 2021 onwards Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have been combined into one UT

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Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Sectors

Environment and Forest

Update Frequency

Biennial

Granularity

State, Year

Time Saved

6 hours

Number of rows

612

Number of Columns

7

Sources

Indian State of Forests reports

Time Period

1987 to 2023

Units

forest_cover and geographical_area in square kilometres

percentage_forest_cover in percentage

Last Updated

January, 2025

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Year and State-wise Forests Cover of the country

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Time Period

2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021

Forest Encroachment: Year- and State-wise Cumulative Forest Area under Encroachment

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Time Period

2002 to 2024

Forest Encroachment: All India Year-wise Cumulative Forest Area under Encroachment

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Time Period

2002 to 2024

Data Preview

yearstateforest_covergeographical_areapercentage_forest_coverunitsnote
2023Andhra Pradesh300851,62,922.5718forest_cover and geographical_area in square kilometres, percentage_forest_cover in percentage
2023Arunachal Pradesh658828374379forest_cover and geographical_area in square kilometres, percentage_forest_cover in percentage
2023Assam283147843836forest_cover and geographical_area in square kilometres, percentage_forest_cover in percentage
2023Bihar7532941638forest_cover and geographical_area in square kilometres, percentage_forest_cover in percentage
2023Chhattisgarh558121,35,192.0041forest_cover and geographical_area in square kilometres, percentage_forest_cover in percentage
2023Delhi195148313forest_cover and geographical_area in square kilometres, percentage_forest_cover in percentage
2023Goa2266370261forest_cover and geographical_area in square kilometres, percentage_forest_cover in percentage
2023Gujarat150171,96,244.008forest_cover and geographical_area in square kilometres, percentage_forest_cover in percentage
2023Haryana1614442124forest_cover and geographical_area in square kilometres, percentage_forest_cover in percentage
2023Himachal Pradesh155805567328forest_cover and geographical_area in square kilometres, percentage_forest_cover in percentage

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
year180Number612
state390Text612
forest_cover538488Number612
geographical_area10116Text611
percentage_forest_cover8112Number611
units10Text612
note10Text5

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Year and State-wise Forests Cover of the country

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Time Period

2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021

Forest Encroachment: Year- and State-wise Cumulative Forest Area under Encroachment

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Time Period

2002 to 2024

Forest Encroachment: All India Year-wise Cumulative Forest Area under Encroachment

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Time Period

2002 to 2024

Tags

Nature
Forest cover
land under forests
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Citation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Year and State-wise Forest Cover, Geographical Area and Percentage of Forest Cover [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/1333