Deforestation statistics for India

India: Demographic data

Population (2022)	1,380,004,385
Annual population growth rate (2022)	1.00%
Population density (people/sq km)	464
Net migration	-532,687
Fertility rate	2.2
Median age	28
Urban population share	35%

India: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 2,973,190

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 38,830,422
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 13.10%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 1,933,271
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 5.00%

Tropical primary forest
Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 10,185,436
Primary forest extent as % of land area: 3.40%
Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 26.20%

Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 348,781
Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 3.40%

Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 9,836,655
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 3.30%
Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 25%

India: Annual forest and tree cover data

India: Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2002: 11,718
2003: 10,846
2004: 19,166
2005: 15,148
2006: 15,126
2007: 17,208
2008: 20,702
2009: 17,112
2010: 11,361
2011: 16,287
2012: 18,804
2013: 14,399
2014: 21,942
2015: 20,997
2016: 30,936
2017: 29,563
2018: 19,310
2019: 17,348
2020: 20,809

India: Tree cover loss by year 30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 62,361
2002: 53,006
2003: 47,751
2004: 74,129
2005: 62,505
2006: 67,411
2007: 73,907
2008: 85,953
2009: 79,203
2010: 51,317
2011: 88,461
2012: 95,069
2013: 80,866
2014: 139,138
2015: 116,308
2016: 175,363
2017: 189,421
2018: 132,233
2019: 121,155
2020: 137,716

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)

Sub-national admin area 1	Tree cover extent (2001) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Andaman and Nicobar	684,402	8,678	4,963	2,697	1,680	18,017	2.6%
Goa	146,466	75	221	202	293	790	0.5%
Gujarat	17,927	25	42	34	1	101	0.6%
Haryana	42,647	131	202	71	10	414	1.0%
Himachal Pradesh	1,367,108	1,819	1,468	903	509	4,699	0.3%
Jammu and Kashmir	1,073,020	1,719	1,544	550	209	4,022	0.4%
Jharkhand	556,330	1,246	2,283	886	1,004	5,419	1.0%
Karnataka	2,276,202	7,613	10,915	10,120	14,939	43,587	1.9%
Kerala	2,598,221	6,591	10,557	18,029	37,450	72,627	2.8%
Lakshadweep	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Madhya Pradesh	1,078,084	2,587	2,632	2,283	1,303	8,805	0.8%
Andhra Pradesh	1,105,912	5,492	9,580	8,791	10,584	34,446	3.1%
Maharashtra	1,073,403	4,595	4,614	4,933	4,198	18,340	1.7%
Manipur	1,703,677	23,513	26,024	59,779	86,726	196,041	11.5%
Meghalaya	1,683,888	20,668	31,030	56,451	86,913	195,062	11.6%
Mizoram	1,931,959	23,271	16,674	60,354	146,502	246,802	12.8%
Nagaland	1,310,344	45,963	30,628	66,619	82,240	225,450	17.2%
NCT of Delhi	263	2	9	2	0	12	4.6%
Odisha	2,680,194	20,399	23,235	26,083	44,895	114,612	4.3%
Puducherry	6,911	11	43	21	73	148	2.1%
Punjab	74,700	523	475	234	24	1,255	1.7%
Rajasthan	12,039	89	125	38	0	251	2.1%
Arunachal Pradesh	6,307,313	43,636	45,369	61,440	71,607	222,052	3.5%
Sikkim	250,451	144	445	426	454	1,468	0.6%
Tamil Nadu	1,230,520	6,170	5,363	5,681	8,305	25,519	2.1%
Telangana	663,616	6,094	16,181	16,662	2,201	41,137	6.2%
Tripura	669,293	10,586	25,465	16,753	49,395	102,200	15.3%
Uttar Pradesh	359,975	1,272	1,552	1,164	236	4,224	1.2%
Uttarakhand	1,948,840	2,566	5,522	4,029	3,977	16,095	0.8%
West Bengal	407,919	1,957	6,732	3,305	1,639	13,633	3.3%
Assam	2,750,134	41,289	63,395	75,959	87,859	268,502	9.8%
Bihar	153,842	389	576	188	70	1,222	0.8%
Chandigarh	702	3	10	1	0	13	1.9%
Chhattisgarh	2,663,574	10,638	9,917	15,155	10,590	46,300	1.7%
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	457	0	0	0	0	0	0.1%
Daman and Diu	18	0	0	0	0	0	0.4%

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Tree cover extent (2000) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Andaman and Nicobar	North and Middle Andaman	224,812	438	2,093	1,018	458	4,008	1.8%
Andaman and Nicobar	South Andaman	178,432	711	575	508	199	1,993	1.1%
Goa	North Goa	15,899	5	2	5	38	51	0.3%
Goa	South Goa	47,224	13	37	20	36	106	0.2%
Gujarat	Junagadh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Jharkhand	Khunti	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Jharkhand	Pashchimi Singhbhum	6,373	3	15	6	24	47	0.7%
Jharkhand	Purbi Singhbhum	865	0	1	0	0	2	0.2%
Jharkhand	Ranchi	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Jharkhand	Saraikela-kharsawan	62	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Jharkhand	Simdega	17	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Karnataka	Chikmagalur	126,709	421	479	319	509	1,729	1.4%
Karnataka	Dakshina Kannada	78,505	81	167	79	106	434	0.6%
Karnataka	Hassan	18,478	70	79	8	43	199	1.1%
Karnataka	Haveri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Karnataka	Kodagu	82,000	82	123	34	117	355	0.4%
Karnataka	Shimoga	99,220	365	330	250	171	1,117	1.1%
Karnataka	Udupi	74,981	68	88	157	80	393	0.5%
Karnataka	Uttara Kannada	337,758	167	163	228	110	668	0.2%
Karnataka	Belgaum	19,344	10	1	11	10	32	0.2%
Karnataka	Chamrajnagar	6,598	1	1	1	3	5	0.1%
Kerala	Alappuzha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Kerala	Palakkad	62,828	7	13	30	81	130	0.2%
Kerala	Pathanamthitta	104,435	119	210	183	239	751	0.7%
Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	24,750	31	78	41	41	191	0.8%
Kerala	Thrissur	35,795	2	2	4	20	29	0.1%
Kerala	Wayanad	27,647	10	7	3	40	61	0.2%
Kerala	Ernakulam	4,424	1	3	3	1	8	0.2%
Kerala	Idukki	146,867	264	252	426	313	1,255	0.9%
Kerala	Kannur	16,069	8	10	4	10	32	0.2%
Kerala	Kasaragod	1,672	1	2	0	0	4	0.2%
Kerala	Kollam	43,851	73	86	153	145	457	1.0%
Kerala	Kottayam	2,757	3	3	6	29	40	1.5%
Kerala	Kozhikode	15,486	5	8	6	21	40	0.3%
Kerala	Malappuram	36,343	4	10	20	408	441	1.2%
Andhra Pradesh	Anantapur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Andhra Pradesh	Visakhapatnam	66,221	351	622	534	625	2,132	3.2%
Andhra Pradesh	Vizianagaram	4,435	43	60	73	166	342	7.7%
Andhra Pradesh	West Godavari	3,862	1	0	0	0	2	0.1%
Andhra Pradesh	Y.S.R.	3,959	3	3	1	1	8	0.2%
Andhra Pradesh	Chittoor	6,933	3	7	3	11	24	0.3%
Andhra Pradesh	East Godavari	66,707	317	651	652	947	2,568	3.8%
Andhra Pradesh	Guntur	22	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Andhra Pradesh	Krishna	223	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Andhra Pradesh	Nellore	1,583	1	1	0	0	3	0.2%
Andhra Pradesh	Srikakulam	2,829	33	51	53	112	248	8.8%
Maharashtra	Ahmadnagar	335	1	2	0	0	2	0.7%
Maharashtra	Garhchiroli	888	0	0	2	1	3	0.4%
Maharashtra	Kolhapur	25,045	14	5	21	10	50	0.2%
Maharashtra	Mumbai Suburban	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Maharashtra	Nashik	49	0	0	0	0	0	0.6%
Maharashtra	Palghar	50	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Maharashtra	Pune	3,478	1	2	0	4	8	0.2%
Maharashtra	Raigarh	3,507	4	2	1	0	8	0.2%
Maharashtra	Ratnagiri	8,032	1	1	2	17	21	0.3%
Maharashtra	Sangli	2,863	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Maharashtra	Satara	11,976	1	4	1	2	7	0.1%
Maharashtra	Sindhudurg	27,743	30	108	221	329	689	2.5%
Maharashtra	Thane	348	0	0	0	0	1	0.2%
Manipur	Bishnupur	0	0	0	0	0	0	40.0%
Manipur	Chandel	75,291	848	1,333	2,922	3,530	8,633	11.5%
Manipur	Churachandpur	95,139	1,043	1,440	2,513	3,640	8,636	9.1%
Manipur	Imphal East	2,634	11	10	23	28	72	2.7%
Manipur	Imphal West	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Manipur	Senapati	100,181	521	997	1,417	1,637	4,572	4.6%
Manipur	Tamenglong	202,811	2,392	2,804	4,483	5,823	15,502	7.6%
Manipur	Thoubal	38	0	1	2	1	4	10.1%
Manipur	Ukhrul	99,652	822	921	1,659	2,278	5,679	5.7%
Meghalaya	East Garo Hills	26,167	277	322	1,192	2,066	3,857	14.7%
Meghalaya	West Khasi Hills	112,197	1,639	3,920	3,693	5,649	14,902	13.3%
Meghalaya	East Khasi Hills	106,098	539	961	884	1,271	3,656	3.4%
Meghalaya	Jaintia Hills	95,211	1,041	1,174	1,545	2,756	6,516	6.8%
Meghalaya	Ri Bhoi	27,221	171	452	460	1,051	2,134	7.8%
Meghalaya	South Garo Hills	68,450	601	1,037	1,433	1,933	5,004	7.3%
Meghalaya	South West Khasi Hills	63,709	1,041	1,347	1,255	1,472	5,115	8.0%
Meghalaya	West Garo Hills	10,421	41	57	384	743	1,225	11.8%
Mizoram	Aizawl	46,272	582	710	1,080	2,056	4,429	9.6%
Mizoram	Champhai	37,151	556	456	696	1,538	3,244	8.7%
Mizoram	Kolasib	15,261	35	74	62	293	464	3.0%
Mizoram	Lawangtlai	25,471	90	96	218	344	748	2.9%
Mizoram	Lunglei	59,203	173	255	429	641	1,498	2.5%
Mizoram	Mamit	55,782	193	396	413	1,054	2,055	3.7%
Mizoram	Saiha	47,398	218	246	311	447	1,221	2.6%
Mizoram	Serchhip	12,130	45	89	199	409	743	6.1%
Nagaland	Dimapur	5,893	60	75	111	162	407	6.9%
Nagaland	Wokha	23,053	316	264	712	418	1,709	7.4%
Nagaland	Zunheboto	31,183	136	200	768	916	2,020	6.5%
Nagaland	Kiphire	24,810	117	65	231	488	900	3.6%
Nagaland	Kohima	33,727	154	176	318	491	1,138	3.4%
Nagaland	Longleng	9,711	360	235	181	298	1,073	11.0%
Nagaland	Mokokchung	21,761	816	588	427	321	2,152	9.9%
Nagaland	Mon	59,536	1,484	1,365	1,292	1,847	5,988	10.1%
Nagaland	Peren	95,372	1,822	2,303	2,523	3,385	10,033	10.5%
Nagaland	Phek	49,681	127	116	549	559	1,351	2.7%
Nagaland	Tuensang	59,641	301	301	1,133	736	2,471	4.1%
Odisha	Anugul	15,716	22	19	10	25	76	0.5%
Odisha	Gajapati	24,679	296	413	306	1,298	2,312	9.4%
Odisha	Ganjam	24,340	85	127	155	345	713	2.9%
Odisha	Jagatsinghapur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Jajapur	773	1	1	2	1	4	0.5%
Odisha	Jharsuguda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Kalahandi	17,825	562	586	525	707	2,379	13.3%
Odisha	Kandhamal	48,167	911	950	1,673	2,990	6,523	13.5%
Odisha	Kendrapara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Kendujhar	8,082	36	72	97	175	381	4.7%
Odisha	Khordha	4,654	5	6	6	15	32	0.7%
Odisha	Balangir	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Koraput	6,667	98	80	120	307	605	9.1%
Odisha	Malkangiri	9,950	83	68	98	87	336	3.4%
Odisha	Mayurbhanj	125,794	116	92	65	5	278	0.2%
Odisha	Nabarangapur	756	14	20	26	1	61	8.1%
Odisha	Nayagarh	12,679	11	23	18	7	60	0.5%
Odisha	Nuapada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Puri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Rayagada	34,600	643	920	616	1,163	3,343	9.7%
Odisha	Sambalpur	16,369	5	3	8	1	18	0.1%
Odisha	Subarnapur	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Baleshwar	4,563	4	9	4	0	18	0.4%
Odisha	Sundargarh	9,692	9	10	15	69	103	1.1%
Odisha	Bargarh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Bauda	2,905	4	2	1	0	6	0.2%
Odisha	Cuttack	3,929	4	6	2	1	13	0.3%
Odisha	Debagarh	4,490	0	1	0	2	5	0.1%
Odisha	Dhenkanal	3,637	4	7	5	2	19	0.5%
Arunachal Pradesh	Anjaw	231,735	353	363	463	651	1,830	0.8%
Arunachal Pradesh	Lower Subansiri	329,017	1,455	2,153	1,939	3,649	9,196	2.8%
Arunachal Pradesh	Namsai	7,194	56	230	498	362	1,145	15.9%
Arunachal Pradesh	Papum Pare	281,722	1,576	2,593	2,640	2,638	9,447	3.4%
Arunachal Pradesh	Tawang	39,679	23	85	53	42	203	0.5%
Arunachal Pradesh	Tirap	61,151	292	426	627	592	1,936	3.2%
Arunachal Pradesh	Upper Siang	402,332	1,605	1,672	1,011	1,355	5,644	1.4%
Arunachal Pradesh	Upper Subansiri	348,474	1,378	1,791	1,792	1,819	6,780	1.9%
Arunachal Pradesh	West Kameng	387,909	684	1,124	1,156	1,941	4,905	1.3%
Arunachal Pradesh	West Siang	468,516	3,798	3,643	2,837	3,068	13,347	2.8%
Arunachal Pradesh	Changlang	362,294	1,237	2,720	3,456	3,685	11,098	3.1%
Arunachal Pradesh	Dibang Valley	202,449	45	37	67	156	305	0.2%
Arunachal Pradesh	East Kameng	349,651	1,040	2,008	2,341	3,821	9,210	2.6%
Arunachal Pradesh	East Siang	233,551	2,542	2,294	1,629	1,904	8,369	3.6%
Arunachal Pradesh	Kurung Kumey	333,157	425	663	773	1,790	3,651	1.1%
Arunachal Pradesh	Lohit	220,065	2,005	3,129	7,051	6,178	18,364	8.3%
Arunachal Pradesh	Longding	39,428	747	598	1,104	1,159	3,607	9.1%
Arunachal Pradesh	Lower Dibang Valley	288,468	1,896	2,219	1,862	2,197	8,174	2.8%
Sikkim	East Sikkim	14,661	4	15	16	11	47	0.3%
Sikkim	North Sikkim	21,150	8	40	69	42	159	0.8%
Sikkim	South Sikkim	4,561	2	10	4	8	24	0.5%
Sikkim	West Sikkim	10,079	3	8	5	11	27	0.3%
Tamil Nadu	Krishnagiri	4,087	1	0	0	15	17	0.4%
Tamil Nadu	Madurai	3,655	6	2	3	0	11	0.3%
Tamil Nadu	Namakkal	9,756	23	13	9	19	65	0.7%
Tamil Nadu	Perambalur	984	0	0	0	3	3	0.3%
Tamil Nadu	Salem	21,571	103	109	64	141	417	1.9%
Tamil Nadu	The Nilgiris	23,992	18	121	49	294	483	2.0%
Tamil Nadu	Theni	23,610	41	47	38	36	162	0.7%
Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	6,661	9	3	5	93	110	1.7%
Tamil Nadu	Tirunelveli	65,851	86	104	60	24	274	0.4%
Tamil Nadu	Tiruppur	5,244	4	1	28	2	36	0.7%
Tamil Nadu	Tiruvannamalai	27,131	14	29	29	40	112	0.4%
Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore	36,020	14	13	35	32	94	0.3%
Tamil Nadu	Vellore	14,167	7	34	3	28	73	0.5%
Tamil Nadu	Viluppuram	8,367	9	16	40	58	122	1.5%
Tamil Nadu	Virudunagar	5,566	21	31	4	2	57	1.0%
Tamil Nadu	Dharmapuri	11,917	1	2	29	12	44	0.4%
Tamil Nadu	Dindigul	63,874	423	393	322	495	1,632	2.6%
Tamil Nadu	Erode	6,934	2	4	2	9	17	0.2%
Tamil Nadu	Kanniyakumari	15,836	23	90	32	66	212	1.3%
Telangana	Khammam	7,597	15	20	15	39	89	1.2%
Tripura	Dhalai	687	3	9	12	47	71	10.3%
Tripura	Khowai	42	0	0	0	1	1	3.5%
Tripura	North Tripura	185	3	7	1	4	14	7.8%
Tripura	Unokoti	267	1	6	1	2	10	3.8%
Uttar Pradesh	Bahraich	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Uttar Pradesh	Balrampur	126	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Uttar Pradesh	Kushinagar	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Uttar Pradesh	Lakhimpur Kheri	162	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Uttar Pradesh	Maharajganj	272	1	0	0	0	1	0.4%
Uttar Pradesh	Pilibhit	668	0	0	0	2	2	0.3%
Uttar Pradesh	Shahjahanpur	18	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Uttar Pradesh	Shravasti	444	0	0	0	0	1	0.1%
Uttarakhand	Udham Singh Nagar	1,058	0	4	0	6	10	1.0%
Uttarakhand	Champawat	3,933	1	1	1	1	4	0.1%
Uttarakhand	Pithoragarh	4,353	0	1	0	3	5	0.1%
West Bengal	Alipurduar	29,428	67	258	63	41	429	1.5%
West Bengal	North 24 Parganas	195	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Bengal	Pashchim Medinipur	17	0	0	0	0	1	3.3%
West Bengal	Purba Medinipur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Bengal	Puruliya	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Bengal	South 24 Parganas	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Bengal	Bankura	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Bengal	Uttar Dinajpur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Bengal	Darjiling	37,682	13	60	32	18	123	0.3%
West Bengal	Haora	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Bengal	Jalpaiguri	16,240	10	46	58	49	163	1.0%
Assam	Baksa	12,989	47	267	104	23	441	3.4%
Assam	Dima Hasao	142,916	1,244	1,866	3,119	4,931	11,160	7.8%
Assam	Goalpara	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.0%
Assam	Golaghat	2,278	2	14	16	1	32	1.4%
Assam	Hailakandi	5,823	34	118	45	42	239	4.1%
Assam	Jorhat	3,084	89	168	81	25	364	11.8%
Assam	Kamrup Metropolitan	1,435	3	9	4	1	17	1.2%
Assam	Kamrup	18,975	99	175	203	230	708	3.7%
Assam	Karbi Anglong	285,277	3,181	6,959	8,190	7,951	26,281	9.2%
Assam	Karimganj	4,936	46	106	25	33	209	4.2%
Assam	Kokrajhar	55,828	166	1,644	1,184	1,189	4,182	7.5%
Assam	Lakhimpur	10,032	142	126	170	116	554	5.5%
Assam	Morigaon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Assam	Nagaon	23,220	108	136	146	428	818	3.5%
Assam	Sivasagar	6,560	131	183	179	182	675	10.3%
Assam	Sonitpur	42,201	2,540	2,805	774	135	6,254	14.8%
Assam	Tinsukia	53,763	391	494	480	398	1,763	3.3%
Assam	Udalguri	4,999	491	1,254	208	1	1,954	39.1%
Assam	Cachar	80,815	350	730	482	442	2,004	2.5%
Assam	Chirang	16,712	18	62	24	11	116	0.7%
Assam	Dhemaji	10,128	99	123	55	25	303	3.0%
Assam	Dhubri	2,240	65	86	44	3	198	8.9%
Assam	Dibrugarh	13,899	229	294	160	69	752	5.4%
Bihar	Kishanganj	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0%
Bihar	Pashchim Champaran	11,159	5	15	5	1	26	0.2%
Chhattisgarh	Gariaband	7	0	0	0	0	0	3.0%
Chhattisgarh	Kondagaon	24	0	0	0	0	0	0.6%
Chhattisgarh	Narayanpur	1,889	2	2	6	7	16	0.9%
Chhattisgarh	Sukma	1,532	18	17	2	26	63	4.1%
Chhattisgarh	Uttar Bastar Kanker	192	0	0	0	1	1	0.4%
Chhattisgarh	Bastar	4,976	20	42	24	20	107	2.1%
Chhattisgarh	Bijapur	3,671	0	1	2	3	5	0.1%
Chhattisgarh	Dantewada	8,149	7	14	8	46	75	0.9%

Primary forest loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Primary forest extent (2000) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-05) ha	Primary forest loss (2006-10) ha	Primary forest loss (2011-15) ha	Primary forest loss (2016-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) %
Andaman and Nicobar	403,244	1,149	2,668	1,526	657	6,000	1.5%
Goa	63,123	18	39	26	74	157	0.2%
Gujarat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Jharkhand	7,338	3	16	6	24	49	0.7%
Karnataka	843,593	1,265	1,430	1,087	1,150	4,931	0.6%
Kerala	522,925	529	684	878	1,349	3,440	0.7%
Andhra Pradesh	156,775	751	1,395	1,317	1,863	5,327	3.4%
Maharashtra	84,322	54	124	247	363	789	0.9%
Manipur	575,747	5,638	7,506	13,018	16,937	43,099	7.5%
Meghalaya	509,473	5,350	9,271	10,846	16,941	42,409	8.3%
Mizoram	298,667	1,892	2,321	3,408	6,782	14,403	4.8%
Nagaland	414,368	5,693	5,685	8,243	9,621	29,242	7.1%
Odisha	380,270	2,913	3,414	3,753	7,204	17,284	4.5%
Arunachal Pradesh	4,586,792	21,158	27,748	31,299	37,007	117,212	2.6%
Sikkim	50,451	18	73	94	72	257	0.5%
Tamil Nadu	355,223	806	1,011	753	1,370	3,939	1.1%
Telangana	7,597	15	20	15	39	89	1.2%
Tripura	1,181	7	22	13	54	97	8.2%
Uttar Pradesh	1,691	1	0	1	2	4	0.2%
Uttarakhand	9,345	2	6	2	10	19	0.2%
West Bengal	83,577	90	365	153	107	715	0.9%
Assam	798,117	9,475	17,620	15,693	16,236	59,024	7.4%
Bihar	11,159	5	15	5	1	26	0.2%
Chhattisgarh	20,440	47	75	43	102	267	1.3%

Primary forest loss by year at the subnational area (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Primary forest extent (2001) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-05) ha	Primary forest loss (2006-10) ha	Primary forest loss (2011-15) ha	Primary forest loss (2016-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) ha	Primary forest loss (2001-20) %
Andaman and Nicobar	North and Middle Andaman	224,812	438	2,093	1,018	458	4,008	1.8%
Andaman and Nicobar	South Andaman	178,432	711	575	508	199	1,993	1.1%
Goa	North Goa	15,899	5	2	5	38	51	0.3%
Goa	South Goa	47,224	13	37	20	36	106	0.2%
Gujarat	Junagadh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Jharkhand	Khunti	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Jharkhand	Pashchimi Singhbhum	6,373	3	15	6	24	47	0.7%
Jharkhand	Purbi Singhbhum	865	0	1	0	0	2	0.2%
Jharkhand	Ranchi	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Jharkhand	Saraikela-kharsawan	62	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Jharkhand	Simdega	17	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Karnataka	Chikmagalur	126,709	421	479	319	509	1,729	1.4%
Karnataka	Dakshina Kannada	78,505	81	167	79	106	434	0.6%
Karnataka	Hassan	18,478	70	79	8	43	199	1.1%
Karnataka	Haveri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Karnataka	Kodagu	82,000	82	123	34	117	355	0.4%
Karnataka	Shimoga	99,220	365	330	250	171	1,117	1.1%
Karnataka	Udupi	74,981	68	88	157	80	393	0.5%
Karnataka	Uttara Kannada	337,758	167	163	228	110	668	0.2%
Karnataka	Belgaum	19,344	10	1	11	10	32	0.2%
Karnataka	Chamrajnagar	6,598	1	1	1	3	5	0.1%
Kerala	Alappuzha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Kerala	Palakkad	62,828	7	13	30	81	130	0.2%
Kerala	Pathanamthitta	104,435	119	210	183	239	751	0.7%
Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	24,750	31	78	41	41	191	0.8%
Kerala	Thrissur	35,795	2	2	4	20	29	0.1%
Kerala	Wayanad	27,647	10	7	3	40	61	0.2%
Kerala	Ernakulam	4,424	1	3	3	1	8	0.2%
Kerala	Idukki	146,867	264	252	426	313	1,255	0.9%
Kerala	Kannur	16,069	8	10	4	10	32	0.2%
Kerala	Kasaragod	1,672	1	2	0	0	4	0.2%
Kerala	Kollam	43,851	73	86	153	145	457	1.0%
Kerala	Kottayam	2,757	3	3	6	29	40	1.5%
Kerala	Kozhikode	15,486	5	8	6	21	40	0.3%
Kerala	Malappuram	36,343	4	10	20	408	441	1.2%
Andhra Pradesh	Anantapur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Andhra Pradesh	Visakhapatnam	66,221	351	622	534	625	2,132	3.2%
Andhra Pradesh	Vizianagaram	4,435	43	60	73	166	342	7.7%
Andhra Pradesh	West Godavari	3,862	1	0	0	0	2	0.1%
Andhra Pradesh	Y.S.R.	3,959	3	3	1	1	8	0.2%
Andhra Pradesh	Chittoor	6,933	3	7	3	11	24	0.3%
Andhra Pradesh	East Godavari	66,707	317	651	652	947	2,568	3.8%
Andhra Pradesh	Guntur	22	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Andhra Pradesh	Krishna	223	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Andhra Pradesh	Nellore	1,583	1	1	0	0	3	0.2%
Andhra Pradesh	Srikakulam	2,829	33	51	53	112	248	8.8%
Maharashtra	Ahmadnagar	335	1	2	0	0	2	0.7%
Maharashtra	Garhchiroli	888	0	0	2	1	3	0.4%
Maharashtra	Kolhapur	25,045	14	5	21	10	50	0.2%
Maharashtra	Mumbai Suburban	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Maharashtra	Nashik	49	0	0	0	0	0	0.6%
Maharashtra	Palghar	50	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Maharashtra	Pune	3,478	1	2	0	4	8	0.2%
Maharashtra	Raigarh	3,507	4	2	1	0	8	0.2%
Maharashtra	Ratnagiri	8,032	1	1	2	17	21	0.3%
Maharashtra	Sangli	2,863	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Maharashtra	Satara	11,976	1	4	1	2	7	0.1%
Maharashtra	Sindhudurg	27,743	30	108	221	329	689	2.5%
Maharashtra	Thane	348	0	0	0	0	1	0.2%
Manipur	Bishnupur	0	0	0	0	0	0	40.0%
Manipur	Chandel	75,291	848	1,333	2,922	3,530	8,633	11.5%
Manipur	Churachandpur	95,139	1,043	1,440	2,513	3,640	8,636	9.1%
Manipur	Imphal East	2,634	11	10	23	28	72	2.7%
Manipur	Imphal West	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Manipur	Senapati	100,181	521	997	1,417	1,637	4,572	4.6%
Manipur	Tamenglong	202,811	2,392	2,804	4,483	5,823	15,502	7.6%
Manipur	Thoubal	38	0	1	2	1	4	10.1%
Manipur	Ukhrul	99,652	822	921	1,659	2,278	5,679	5.7%
Meghalaya	East Garo Hills	26,167	277	322	1,192	2,066	3,857	14.7%
Meghalaya	West Khasi Hills	112,197	1,639	3,920	3,693	5,649	14,902	13.3%
Meghalaya	East Khasi Hills	106,098	539	961	884	1,271	3,656	3.4%
Meghalaya	Jaintia Hills	95,211	1,041	1,174	1,545	2,756	6,516	6.8%
Meghalaya	Ri Bhoi	27,221	171	452	460	1,051	2,134	7.8%
Meghalaya	South Garo Hills	68,450	601	1,037	1,433	1,933	5,004	7.3%
Meghalaya	South West Khasi Hills	63,709	1,041	1,347	1,255	1,472	5,115	8.0%
Meghalaya	West Garo Hills	10,421	41	57	384	743	1,225	11.8%
Mizoram	Aizawl	46,272	582	710	1,080	2,056	4,429	9.6%
Mizoram	Champhai	37,151	556	456	696	1,538	3,244	8.7%
Mizoram	Kolasib	15,261	35	74	62	293	464	3.0%
Mizoram	Lawangtlai	25,471	90	96	218	344	748	2.9%
Mizoram	Lunglei	59,203	173	255	429	641	1,498	2.5%
Mizoram	Mamit	55,782	193	396	413	1,054	2,055	3.7%
Mizoram	Saiha	47,398	218	246	311	447	1,221	2.6%
Mizoram	Serchhip	12,130	45	89	199	409	743	6.1%
Nagaland	Dimapur	5,893	60	75	111	162	407	6.9%
Nagaland	Wokha	23,053	316	264	712	418	1,709	7.4%
Nagaland	Zunheboto	31,183	136	200	768	916	2,020	6.5%
Nagaland	Kiphire	24,810	117	65	231	488	900	3.6%
Nagaland	Kohima	33,727	154	176	318	491	1,138	3.4%
Nagaland	Longleng	9,711	360	235	181	298	1,073	11.0%
Nagaland	Mokokchung	21,761	816	588	427	321	2,152	9.9%
Nagaland	Mon	59,536	1,484	1,365	1,292	1,847	5,988	10.1%
Nagaland	Peren	95,372	1,822	2,303	2,523	3,385	10,033	10.5%
Nagaland	Phek	49,681	127	116	549	559	1,351	2.7%
Nagaland	Tuensang	59,641	301	301	1,133	736	2,471	4.1%
Odisha	Anugul	15,716	22	19	10	25	76	0.5%
Odisha	Gajapati	24,679	296	413	306	1,298	2,312	9.4%
Odisha	Ganjam	24,340	85	127	155	345	713	2.9%
Odisha	Jagatsinghapur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Jajapur	773	1	1	2	1	4	0.5%
Odisha	Jharsuguda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Kalahandi	17,825	562	586	525	707	2,379	13.3%
Odisha	Kandhamal	48,167	911	950	1,673	2,990	6,523	13.5%
Odisha	Kendrapara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Kendujhar	8,082	36	72	97	175	381	4.7%
Odisha	Khordha	4,654	5	6	6	15	32	0.7%
Odisha	Balangir	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Koraput	6,667	98	80	120	307	605	9.1%
Odisha	Malkangiri	9,950	83	68	98	87	336	3.4%
Odisha	Mayurbhanj	125,794	116	92	65	5	278	0.2%
Odisha	Nabarangapur	756	14	20	26	1	61	8.1%
Odisha	Nayagarh	12,679	11	23	18	7	60	0.5%
Odisha	Nuapada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Puri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Rayagada	34,600	643	920	616	1,163	3,343	9.7%
Odisha	Sambalpur	16,369	5	3	8	1	18	0.1%
Odisha	Subarnapur	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Baleshwar	4,563	4	9	4	0	18	0.4%
Odisha	Sundargarh	9,692	9	10	15	69	103	1.1%
Odisha	Bargarh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Odisha	Bauda	2,905	4	2	1	0	6	0.2%
Odisha	Cuttack	3,929	4	6	2	1	13	0.3%
Odisha	Debagarh	4,490	0	1	0	2	5	0.1%
Odisha	Dhenkanal	3,637	4	7	5	2	19	0.5%
Arunachal Pradesh	Anjaw	231,735	353	363	463	651	1,830	0.8%
Arunachal Pradesh	Lower Subansiri	329,017	1,455	2,153	1,939	3,649	9,196	2.8%
Arunachal Pradesh	Namsai	7,194	56	230	498	362	1,145	15.9%
Arunachal Pradesh	Papum Pare	281,722	1,576	2,593	2,640	2,638	9,447	3.4%
Arunachal Pradesh	Tawang	39,679	23	85	53	42	203	0.5%
Arunachal Pradesh	Tirap	61,151	292	426	627	592	1,936	3.2%
Arunachal Pradesh	Upper Siang	402,332	1,605	1,672	1,011	1,355	5,644	1.4%
Arunachal Pradesh	Upper Subansiri	348,474	1,378	1,791	1,792	1,819	6,780	1.9%
Arunachal Pradesh	West Kameng	387,909	684	1,124	1,156	1,941	4,905	1.3%
Arunachal Pradesh	West Siang	468,516	3,798	3,643	2,837	3,068	13,347	2.8%
Arunachal Pradesh	Changlang	362,294	1,237	2,720	3,456	3,685	11,098	3.1%
Arunachal Pradesh	Dibang Valley	202,449	45	37	67	156	305	0.2%
Arunachal Pradesh	East Kameng	349,651	1,040	2,008	2,341	3,821	9,210	2.6%
Arunachal Pradesh	East Siang	233,551	2,542	2,294	1,629	1,904	8,369	3.6%
Arunachal Pradesh	Kurung Kumey	333,157	425	663	773	1,790	3,651	1.1%
Arunachal Pradesh	Lohit	220,065	2,005	3,129	7,051	6,178	18,364	8.3%
Arunachal Pradesh	Longding	39,428	747	598	1,104	1,159	3,607	9.1%
Arunachal Pradesh	Lower Dibang Valley	288,468	1,896	2,219	1,862	2,197	8,174	2.8%
Sikkim	East Sikkim	14,661	4	15	16	11	47	0.3%
Sikkim	North Sikkim	21,150	8	40	69	42	159	0.8%
Sikkim	South Sikkim	4,561	2	10	4	8	24	0.5%
Sikkim	West Sikkim	10,079	3	8	5	11	27	0.3%
Tamil Nadu	Krishnagiri	4,087	1	0	0	15	17	0.4%
Tamil Nadu	Madurai	3,655	6	2	3	0	11	0.3%
Tamil Nadu	Namakkal	9,756	23	13	9	19	65	0.7%
Tamil Nadu	Perambalur	984	0	0	0	3	3	0.3%
Tamil Nadu	Salem	21,571	103	109	64	141	417	1.9%
Tamil Nadu	The Nilgiris	23,992	18	121	49	294	483	2.0%
Tamil Nadu	Theni	23,610	41	47	38	36	162	0.7%
Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	6,661	9	3	5	93	110	1.7%
Tamil Nadu	Tirunelveli	65,851	86	104	60	24	274	0.4%
Tamil Nadu	Tiruppur	5,244	4	1	28	2	36	0.7%
Tamil Nadu	Tiruvannamalai	27,131	14	29	29	40	112	0.4%
Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore	36,020	14	13	35	32	94	0.3%
Tamil Nadu	Vellore	14,167	7	34	3	28	73	0.5%
Tamil Nadu	Viluppuram	8,367	9	16	40	58	122	1.5%
Tamil Nadu	Virudunagar	5,566	21	31	4	2	57	1.0%
Tamil Nadu	Dharmapuri	11,917	1	2	29	12	44	0.4%
Tamil Nadu	Dindigul	63,874	423	393	322	495	1,632	2.6%
Tamil Nadu	Erode	6,934	2	4	2	9	17	0.2%
Tamil Nadu	Kanniyakumari	15,836	23	90	32	66	212	1.3%
Telangana	Khammam	7,597	15	20	15	39	89	1.2%
Tripura	Dhalai	687	3	9	12	47	71	10.3%
Tripura	Khowai	42	0	0	0	1	1	3.5%
Tripura	North Tripura	185	3	7	1	4	14	7.8%
Tripura	Unokoti	267	1	6	1	2	10	3.8%
Uttar Pradesh	Bahraich	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Uttar Pradesh	Balrampur	126	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Uttar Pradesh	Kushinagar	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Uttar Pradesh	Lakhimpur Kheri	162	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Uttar Pradesh	Maharajganj	272	1	0	0	0	1	0.4%
Uttar Pradesh	Pilibhit	668	0	0	0	2	2	0.3%
Uttar Pradesh	Shahjahanpur	18	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Uttar Pradesh	Shravasti	444	0	0	0	0	1	0.1%
Uttarakhand	Udham Singh Nagar	1,058	0	4	0	6	10	1.0%
Uttarakhand	Champawat	3,933	1	1	1	1	4	0.1%
Uttarakhand	Pithoragarh	4,353	0	1	0	3	5	0.1%
West Bengal	Alipurduar	29,428	67	258	63	41	429	1.5%
West Bengal	North 24 Parganas	195	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Bengal	Pashchim Medinipur	17	0	0	0	0	1	3.3%
West Bengal	Purba Medinipur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Bengal	Puruliya	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Bengal	South 24 Parganas	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Bengal	Bankura	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Bengal	Uttar Dinajpur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Bengal	Darjiling	37,682	13	60	32	18	123	0.3%
West Bengal	Haora	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
West Bengal	Jalpaiguri	16,240	10	46	58	49	163	1.0%
Assam	Baksa	12,989	47	267	104	23	441	3.4%
Assam	Dima Hasao	142,916	1,244	1,866	3,119	4,931	11,160	7.8%
Assam	Goalpara	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.0%
Assam	Golaghat	2,278	2	14	16	1	32	1.4%
Assam	Hailakandi	5,823	34	118	45	42	239	4.1%
Assam	Jorhat	3,084	89	168	81	25	364	11.8%
Assam	Kamrup Metropolitan	1,435	3	9	4	1	17	1.2%
Assam	Kamrup	18,975	99	175	203	230	708	3.7%
Assam	Karbi Anglong	285,277	3,181	6,959	8,190	7,951	26,281	9.2%
Assam	Karimganj	4,936	46	106	25	33	209	4.2%
Assam	Kokrajhar	55,828	166	1,644	1,184	1,189	4,182	7.5%
Assam	Lakhimpur	10,032	142	126	170	116	554	5.5%
Assam	Morigaon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Assam	Nagaon	23,220	108	136	146	428	818	3.5%
Assam	Sivasagar	6,560	131	183	179	182	675	10.3%
Assam	Sonitpur	42,201	2,540	2,805	774	135	6,254	14.8%
Assam	Tinsukia	53,763	391	494	480	398	1,763	3.3%
Assam	Udalguri	4,999	491	1,254	208	1	1,954	39.1%
Assam	Cachar	80,815	350	730	482	442	2,004	2.5%
Assam	Chirang	16,712	18	62	24	11	116	0.7%
Assam	Dhemaji	10,128	99	123	55	25	303	3.0%
Assam	Dhubri	2,240	65	86	44	3	198	8.9%
Assam	Dibrugarh	13,899	229	294	160	69	752	5.4%
Bihar	Kishanganj	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0%
Bihar	Pashchim Champaran	11,159	5	15	5	1	26	0.2%
Chhattisgarh	Gariaband	7	0	0	0	0	0	3.0%
Chhattisgarh	Kondagaon	24	0	0	0	0	0	0.6%
Chhattisgarh	Narayanpur	1,889	2	2	6	7	16	0.9%
Chhattisgarh	Sukma	1,532	18	17	2	26	63	4.1%
Chhattisgarh	Uttar Bastar Kanker	192	0	0	0	1	1	0.4%
Chhattisgarh	Bastar	4,976	20	42	24	20	107	2.1%
Chhattisgarh	Bijapur	3,671	0	1	2	3	5	0.1%
Chhattisgarh	Dantewada	8,149	7	14	8	46	75	0.9%

2019 forest data for India | Archived forest data for India | Forest data for India

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

Citation: Mongabay. "Deforestation statistics for [selected country name]". Accessed on [date] from worldrainforests.com.

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