what is the forest cover of india?

Answer 1

According to the Forest Survey of India, in 2001 the total forest cover of the country was only 67.53 million hectares, and this even includes plantations, groves, and so on. Even if all this forest cover is inside state forests, which it patently is not, at least 12 per cent of the land classified as "state forests" has no forest at all. In some States, the percentage is remarkably high. In Himachal Pradesh, for example, 61 per cent of the area that is described as "state forest" has no forest cover, while in Rajasthan the percentage is 49 per cent.

This is largely because waste lands are being classified as forests, but it also reflects the inadequate nature of the data collection. Even official data show that 83 per cent of the forest blocks in undivided Madhya Pradesh were never surveyed. Indeed, the confusion is such that, for India as a whole, the area under "non-forest forest" is seven times larger than the area under so-called "encroachment".

Answer 2

a marvelous form of the questions like this one i found that they do no longer seem to be actual formulated. the reply to this humorous question would be the two specific or no. Forests are constantly open, be in India or overseas. The question must be asked actual. i think of the question must be like this: How plenty section is roofed with the aid of forests in India?

Answer 3

As per Forest Survey of India -State of Forest Report 2003
the Forest cover in India is 678,333 Km2 and constitutes 20.63% of its geographical area. Of this, dense forest constitutes 390,564 Km2(11.88%)and open forest 287,769(8.75%)

For more details, please check the following links:

http://www.forest.mp.gov.in/Foresttable2.html

http://www.indiastat.com/india/ShowData.asp?secid=108&ptid=13&level=2

Answer 4

I think it is around 19% .