CATEGORYWISE DETALS OF LAST SIX ASSESSMENTS ( SQ KM)

DATA PERIOD	1981-83	1985-87	1987-89	1989-91	1991-93	1993-95
DENSE AREA	386,670	385,211	385,610	384,357	385,037	367,260
% OF GEO	11.76	11.72	11.73	11.71	11.71	11.17
OPEN	249,678	249,349	250,842	250,273	249,309	261,310
% OF GEO	7.59	7.58	7.63	7.61	7.58	7.95
MANGROVE	4,471	4,244	4,244	4,256	4,533	4,827
% OF GEO	0.14	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.14	0.15
TOTAL	640,819	638,804	640,694	639,386	638,879	633,397
% OF GEO	19.49	19.43	19.45	19.45	19.43	19.27

EXTENT OF DENSE FOREST, OPEN FOREST & MANGROVE IN 1997 ASSESSMENT (SQ KM)

STATE/UT	DENSE FOREST	OPEN FOREST	MANGROVE	TOTAL FOREST
Andhra Pradesh	23,048	19,859	383	43,290
Arunachal Pradesh	54,155	14,447	-	68,602
assam	15,548	8,276	-	23,824
Bhiar	13,300	13,224	-	26,524
Delhi	16	10	-	26
Goa	996	252	5	1,252
Gujarath	6,337	5,250	991	12,578
Hariyana	370	234	-	604
Himachal Pradesh	9,560	2,961	-	12,521
Jammu& Kashmir	11.020	9,420	-	20,440
Karnataka	24,854	7,546	3	32,403
Kerala	8,454	1,880	-	10,334
Madhya Pradesh	82,745	48,450	-	131,195
Maharshtra	23,622	22,397	124	46,143
Manipur	4,937	12,481	-	17,418
Meghalaya	4,044	11,613	-	15,657
Mizoram	4,348	14,427	-	18,775
Nagaland	3,487	10,734	-	14,221
Orrissa	26,101	20,629	211	46,941
Punjab	511	876	-	1,387
Rajasthan	3,690	9,663	-	13,353
Sikkim	2,423	706	-	3,129
Tamilnadu	8,676	8,367	21	17,064
Tripura	1,819	3,727	-	5,546
Uttar Pradesh	22,958	11,036	-	33,994
West Bangal	3,5578	2,669	2,123	8,349
A & N Island	6,520	127	966	7,613
Chandigarh	6	1	-	7
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	159	45	-	204
Daman & Diu	-	3	-	3
Lakahadweep*	-	-	-	-
Pondicherry*	-	-	-	-
total	367,260	261,310	4,827	633,397

· No discernible forest cover.

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