Geography, asked by rohitkhunger3004, 5 months ago

How many forests were there in India in 1947? 1947 में भारत में कितने जंगल थे? *

22%

35%

13%

49%

Answers

Answered by PADMINI
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49% of forests were there in India in 1947.

  • At the time of Independence in India in 1947, the area covered by forests was around 40 million hectares.

  • In the 1970s, The forests area in India is increased to 76.5 million hectares.

  • But in the 1980s, around 4.5 million hectares of area is converted into agricultural land.

  • According to the report of the Forest Survey of India, in 1999, the area covered by forests was around 63.73 million hectares

Answered by HappyJohn
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In 1947, there were 49% forests in India.

In the year 1947, the total area of forest that was in India was about forty million hectares.

From 1951 to 1980 due to the increase in population about 42,380 square km of the forest area was diverted into agricultural land.

According to a report in 2017, it was recorded that the forest area of India was increased by about 6,600 square km.

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