Question

how many land is covered by forest in India​

Answer 1

807,300 Sq km2

Forest cover is the total geographical area declared as forest by the government.As of 2019, the total forest cover in India is 807,300 Sq km2 (80.73 million hectors), which is 24.56 percent of the total geographical area of the country.

:::::《PLEASE MARK AS BRAINLIEST 》:::::

Answer 2

Forest cover by state in India

The forest cover in India is measured by Forest Survey of India (an organisation under the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India) since 1987.

Tree density

Tree density is the quantification of how closely the trees are growing in a hectare area. It is not the exact number of trees in the forest but, serves as an estimate to the foresters.[1].The tree density of an area should be mentioned by the working Plan officer (WPO) or Divisional Forest Officer (Working Plan) after his field inspection of the lowest possible forest unit or compartment in the CH-3 form of compartment history. The compartment history forms are to be maintained at the Forest range and Forest division offices[2]. The working Plan code-2014 mentions in the para 105 that the density should also be mentioned on the stock map prepared by the WPO/DFO in decimal figures.The crown density is similar to the tree density. The forest area with density more than 0.4 are considered good forest area and forest area with less than 0.4 tree density are considered degraded forest.

The forest cover in 2017 in India by state and union territory as published by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) is shown in the table below.[3]

Very Dense= All lands with tree canopy density of 70 percent ( 0.7 tree density)and above.

Moderately Dense= All lands with tree canopy density of 40 percent and more but less than 70 percent ( 0.4 to 0.7 tree density).

Open Forest= All lands with tree canopy density of 10 percent and more but less than 40 percent (0.1 to 0.4 tree density).

Scrub= All forest lands with poor tree growth mainly of small or stunted trees canopy density less than 10 percent (Less than 0.1 tree density).