NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Indian Geography Forest Cover
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Forest Cover
Forest Cover (Areawise Km2)
- Madhya Pradesh 1,31, 195
- Arunachal Pradesh 68,602
- 0rissa 46,941
- Maharashtra 46,143
- Andhra Pradesh 43,290
- Karnataka 32,403
- Bihar 26,524
- Assam 23,824
- Jammu & Kashmir 20,440
- Mizoram 18,775
- Manipur 17,418
- Meghalaya 15,657
- Nagaland 14,221
- Gujarat 12,578
- Himachal Pradesh 12,521
- Kerala 10,334
- Punjab 1,387
- Goa 1,255
- Haryana 1,604
Forest Cover (% of the Total Area)
- Mizoram 89.06
- Nagaland 85.78
- Arunachal Pradesh 81.92
- Manipur 78.04
- Meghalaya 69.80
- Goa 33.90
- Assam 30.37
- Orissa 30.15
- Madhya Pradesh 29.58
- Kerala 26.59
- Himachal Pradesh 22.49
- Karnataka 16.89
- Andhra Pradesh 15.74
- Bihar 15.25
Important to Know
- Botanical survey of India (1890) Kolkata
- Zoological survey of India (1916) Kolkata
- Forest survey of India (1981) Dehradun. Its four zonal offices are located at Bangalore, Kolkata, Nagpur, Simla.