Dataset Overview

Data in table tells us about the year-wise state wise recorded forest area of the country. It specifies the Total Forest Area, Reserved Forest area, Protected Forest area and Unclassified Forest area. Data for 2007 not available. The figure includes 295 sq. km of proposed RF and 1838 sq. km of deemed RF (Vested Forest and Ecologically Fragile Land).

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Sectors

Environment and Forest

Update Frequency

Biennial

Granularity

Yearly, State

Time Saved

3 hours

Number of rows

1036

Number of Columns

Sources

Forest Survey of India's State of Forest Reports

Time Period

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

Units

area in Square Kilometer

Data Preview

year	state	type_of_forest	area	unit
2021	All India	Total forest Area	7,75,288	area in Square Kilometer
2021	All India	Reserved Forest	4,42,276	area in Square Kilometer
2021	All India	Protected Forest	4,12,259	area in Square Kilometer
2021	All India	Unclassified Forest	1,20,753	area in Square Kilometer
2019	All India	Total forest Area	7,67,419	area in Square Kilometer
2019	All India	Reserved Forest	4,34,853	area in Square Kilometer
2019	All India	Protected Forest	2,18,924	area in Square Kilometer
2019	All India	Unclassified Forest	1,13,642	area in Square Kilometer
2017	All India	Total forest Area	7,08,273	area in Square Kilometer
2017	All India	Reserved Forest	4,34,705	area in Square Kilometer

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	7	0	Number	1036
state	39	0	Text	1036
type_of_forest	5	0	Text	1036
area	374	134	Text	1011
unit	1	0	Text	1036
note	1	0	Text	4

Citation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Year, State-wise recorded forest area of the country [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/801

Year, State-wise recorded forest area of the country