National Institution for Transforming India-NITI Aayog

Title: Forest Cover of India   Description: Data refers to Forest Cover of India. Forest Cover refers to all lands more than one hectare in area, with a tree canopy density of more than 10 percent irrespective of ownership and legal status. Such lands may not necessarily be a recorded forest area. It also includes orchards, bamboo and palm.   Released Under: National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP)   Contributor: NITI Aayog/Planning Commission   Keywords: Geographical; area; ISFR; Moderately; Dense; Forest   Group: Environment and Forest   Sectors: Environment and Forest   Note: Area Figures are in square km. Zone-wise geographical area worked out on the basis of SRTM DEM.

Title: District wise forest cover   Description: Details on District-wise forest cover for States/Uts. Forest Cover refers to all lands more than one hectare in area, with a tree canopy density of more than 10 percent irrespective of ownership and legal status. Such lands may not necessarily be a recorded forest area. It also includes orchards, bamboo and palm.   Released Under: National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP)   Contributor: NITI Aayog/Planning Commission   Keywords: Forest; cover; ISFRForest   Group: Environment and Forest   Sectors: Environment and Forest   Note: Area Figures are in Sq. Km.

Title: District wise forest cover   Description: Details on District-wise forest cover for States/Uts. Forest Cover refers to all lands more than one hectare in area, with a tree canopy density of more than 10 percent irrespective of ownership and legal status. Such lands may not necessarily be a recorded forest area. It also includes orchards, bamboo and palm.   Released Under: National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP)   Contributor: NITI Aayog/Planning Commission   Keywords: Forest; cover; ISFRForest   Group: Environment and Forest   Sectors: Environment and Forest   Note: Area Figures are in km.

Title: Forest cover change matrix   Description: Data refers to forest cover change matrix. Change matrix presents change in forest cover classes for a given region (State/UT) during a period of two consecutive assessments in a matrix form by showing the changes of area from one class to another.   Released Under: National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP)   Contributor: NITI Aayog/Planning Commission   Keywords: report; ISFR; Forest   Group: Environment and Forest   Sectors: Environment and Forest   Note: Area Figures are in km.

Title: Forest Cover in States/UTs in India   Description: The data refers to State/Union Territory-wise forest cover. Forest Cover refers to all lands more than one hectare in area, with a tree canopy density of more than 10 percent irrespective of ownership and legal status. Such lands may not necessarily be a recorded forest area. It also includes orchards, bamboo and palm.   Released Under: National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP)   Contributor: NITI Aayog/Planning Commission   Keywords: Dense; Geographical; area; ISFR; Forest   Group: Environment and Forest   Sectors: Environment and Forest   Note: Source: India State of Forest Report, 2011; **In the table 'change' refers to change in the area with respect to 2009 assessment after incorporating interpretational changes; Area-wise, state of Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover (77,700 square km) in the country followed by Arunachal Pradesh (67,410 square km), Chhattisgarh (55,674 square km), Maharashtra (50,646 square km) and Orissa (48,903 square km);Figures(Area) are in square kilometres.

Title: Recorded Forest Area in States and UTs   Description: The data refers to state-wise details of recorded forest area (in square km). Recorded Forest Area refers to all the geographic areas recorded as 'Forests' in government records. It consists of Reserved Forests and Protected Forests which have been constituted under the provisions of the Indian Forest Act, 1927.   Released Under: National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP)   Contributor: NITI Aayog/Planning Commission   Keywords: ISFR; Protected; Reserved; Department; SFR; Forest   Group: Environment and Forest   Sectors: Environment and Forest   Note: Source: India State of Forest Report, 2009; Figures are in square kilometres; Percentage of Geographical Area column have been rounded off to integer.

Title: State/UT-wise Tree Cover Estimates   Description: The data refers to details of State/UT-wise tree cover estimates. Tree cover comprises of tree patches outside the recorded forest area exclusive of forest cover and less than the minimum mappabe area (1 ha).   Released Under: National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP)   Contributor: NITI Aayog/Planning Commission   Keywords: Geographical; area; Forest; ISFR; Tree   Group: Environment and Forest   Sectors: Environment and Forest   Note: Area Figures are in km.

Title: State/UT-wise Growing Stock   Description: The data refers to State/UT-wise summary of growing stock in forests. It provides details regarding volume of growing stock and recorded forest area.   Released Under: National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP)   Contributor: NITI Aayog/Planning Commission   Keywords: volume; Forest; report; ISFR; Record   Group: Environment and Forest   Sectors: Environment and Forest