Specimen Data Tables : Forest and Wildlife
State-wise Recorded Forest Areas (RFA) in India
(2019)
(Area in Square Kilometre)
States/UTs Geographical
Area (GA)
Recorded Forest Areas (RFA) Total RFA
Reserved
Forests
Protected
Forests
Unclassed
Forests
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 8249 5613 1558 0 7171
Andhra Pradesh 162968 31959 5069 230 37258
Arunachal Pradesh 83743 10589 9779 31039 51407
Assam 78438 17864 0 8968 26832
Bihar 94163 693 6183 1 6877
Chandigarh 114 32 0 3 35
Chhattisgarh 135192 25782 24036 9954 59772
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 491 199 5 0 204
Daman and Diu 111 0 0 8 8
Delhi 1483 78 24 0 102
Goa 3702 253 0 972 1225
Gujarat 196244 14373 2886 4388 21647
Haryana 44212 249 1158 152 1559
Himachal Pradesh 55673 1898 33130 2005 37033
Jammu and Kashmir* 222236 17643 2551 36 20230
Jharkhand 79716 4387 19185 33 23605
Karnataka 191791 28690 3931 5663 38284
Kerala 38852 11309 0 0 11309
Lakshadweep 30 0 0 0 0
Madhya Pradesh 308252 61886 31098 1705 94689
Maharashtra 307713 49546 6733 5300 61579
Manipur 22327 1467 4171 11780 17418
Meghalaya 22429 1113 12 8371 9496
Mizoram 21081 4483 0 1158 5641
Nagaland 16579 234 0 8389 8623
Odisha 155707 36049 25133 22 61204
Puducherry 490 0 2 11 13
Punjab 50362 44 1137 1903 3084
Rajasthan 342239 12475 18217 2045 32737
Sikkim 7096 5452 389 0 5841
Tamil Nadu 130060 20293 1782 802 22877
Telangana 112077 20353 5939 612 26904
Tripura 10486 4175 2 2117 6294
Uttar Pradesh 240928 12071 1157 3354 16582
Uttarakhand 53483 26547 9885 1568 38000
West Bengal 88752 7054 3772 1053 11879
India 3287469 434853 218924 113642 767419

Note : * : Includes Jammu and Kashmir area outside LoC that is under illegal occupation of Pakistan and China.

 

Selected State-wise Population of Tiger and their Occupancy in India
(2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018)
States Tiger Population Tiger Occupancy (In Km2)
2006 2010 2014 2018 2006 2010 2014 2018
Shivalik Hills and Gangetic
Plains Landscape
               
Bihar 10 (7-13) 8 28 (25-31) 31 (26-37) 510 750 922 -
Uttarakhand 178 (161-195) 227 (199-256) 340 (299-381) 442 (393-491) 1901 3476 6576 -
Uttar Pradesh 109 (91-127) 118 (113-124) 117 (103-131) 173 (148-198) 2766 2511 2519 -
Shivalik-Gangetic 297 (259-335) 353 (320-388) 485 (427-543) 646 (567-726) 5177 6737 10017 8346
Central Indian Landscape
and Eastern Ghats
               
Andhra Pradesh 95 (84-107) 72 (65-79) 68 (58-78) 48 (40-56)# 14126 4495 4686 -
Telangana - - - 26 (23-30)# - - - -
Chhattisgarh 26 (23-28) 26 (24-27) 46 (39-53)* 19 (18-21) 3609 3514 4735 -
Jharkhand - 10 (6-14) 3* 5 1488 1180 626 -
Madhya Pradesh 300 (236-364) 257 (213-301) 308 (264-352)* 526 (441-621) 15614 13833 15156 -
Maharashtra 103 (76-131 168 (155-183) 190 (163-217)* 312 (270-354) 4273 11960 11643 -
Odisha 45 (37-53) 32 (20-44) 28 (24-32)* 28 (26-30) 9144 3398 3981 -
Rajasthan 32 (30-35) 36 (35-37) 45 (39-51) 69 (62-76) 356 637 1147 -
Central India & Eastern Ghats 601 (486-718) 601 (518-685) 688 (596-780) 1033 (885-1193) 48610$ 39017$ 41974$ 47717
Western Ghats Landscape                
Goa - - 5* 3 - - 622 -
Karnataka 290 (241-339) 300 (280-320) 406 (360-452) 524 (475-573) 18715 14414 14523 -
Kerala 46 (39-53) 71 (67-75) 136 (119-150) 190 (166-215) 6168 6804 7137 -
Tamil Nadu 76 (56-95) 163 (053-173) 229 (201-253) 264 (227-302) 9211 8389 7229 -
Western Ghats 412 (336-487) 534 (500-568) 776 (685-861) 981 (871-1093) 34094 29607 29511 27297
North East Hills and Brahmaputra Plains Landscape                
Arunachal Pradesh 14 (12-18) - 28* 29* 1685 1304 1169 -
Assam 70 (60-80) 143 (113-173) 167 (150-184) 190 (165-215) 1164 2381 3848 -
Mizoram 6 (4-8) 5 3* 0 785 416 100 -
Nagaland - - - 0 - - - -
Northern West Bengal 10 (8-12) - 3* 0 596 799 704 -
North East Hills, and
Brahmaputra
100 (84-118) 148 (118-178) 201 (174-212) 219 (194-244) 4230 4900 5821 3312
Sundarbans - 70 (62-96) 76 (62-96) 88 (86-90) 1586 1645 1841 2313
India 1410 (1165-1657) 1706 (1507-1896) 2226 (1945-2491) 2967 (2603-3346) 93697 81906 89164 88985

Note : * : Estimated through Scat DNA.
# : For comparison with previous estimates of Andhra Pradesh, combine Andhra Pradesh and Telangana population estimate of current year.
$ : Central India.

 

State-wise Fund Released by Forest Protection Division in India
(2018-2019 and 2019-2020-upto 24.11.2019)
(Rs. in Lakh)
States/UTs 2018-2019 2019-2020*
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 26.41 -
Andhra Pradesh 260.06 216.13
Arunachal Pradesh 89.08 0.00
Assam 93.23 0.00
Bihar 57.17 208.16
Chandigarh 1.00 -
Chhattisgarh 104.60 0.00
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 0.00 -
Daman and Diu 0.00 -
Delhi 0.00 0.00
Goa 87.83 0.00
Gujarat 92.16 183.92
Haryana 0.00 49.26
Himachal Pradesh 0.00 199.99
Jammu and Kashmir 0.00 0.00
Jharkhand 107.84 222.02
Karnataka 174.70 136.75
Kerala 279.57 0.00
Lakshadweep 0.00 -
Madhya Pradesh 628.25 0.00
Maharashtra 787.28 331.42
Manipur 230.54 55.34
Meghalaya 113.53 73.94
Mizoram 110.47 0.00
Nagaland 83.12 79.95
Odisha 435.00 378.66
Puducherry 49.84 0.00
Punjab 0.00 13.56
Rajasthan 98.82 0.00
Sikkim 0.00 96.47
Tamil Nadu 0.00 0.00
Telangana 0.00 0.00
Tripura 109.73 103.43
Uttar Pradesh 100.61 0.00
Uttarakhand 438.38 480.03
West Bengal 54.14 95.61
India 4613.36 2924.64

Note : * : Upto 24.11.2019.
               : From 2018-19 Intensification of Forest Management scheme is renamed as Forest Fire Prevention and Management.

 
 
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