Lok Sabha Question No. 4389 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Forest Area
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Umesh G. Jadhav, Khagen Murmu, Hanuman Beniwal, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Hemant Tukaram Godse, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  4389

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2019

## Forest Area

4389.   DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

SHRI UNMESH BHAYYASAHEB PATIL:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)  the  total  forest  area/cover  in  hectares  and  as  a  percentage  of  the  total  area  of  the  country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the national coverage of forest area in terms of hectares and percentage;
- (c)  the  details  of  funds  provided  by  the  Government  for  conservation,  development  and expansion of forests in various States during the last four years and the current year along with the success achieved as a result thereof, State/UT-wise including Chhattisgarh;
- (d) whether the area under the forest cover has reduced during the last five years in the country if so, the State/UT-wise details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and
- (e)  the  details  of  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  further  expansion  of  forest  area  and maintaining the existing forest cover in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) & (b)   Forest   Survey   of   India,   Dehradun,   an  organization  under   the   Ministry carries      out  the  assessment  of  forest  cover  of  the  country  biennially  and    findings  are published in      India State of Forest Report (ISFR). As per the latest report i.e. ISFR2017, the total forest and tree cover in the country is 8,02,08,800 hectares (forest cover 7,08,27,300 hectares, tree cover 93,81,500 hectares) which is 24.39% of the geographical area  of  the  country.    There  is  an  increase  of  8,02,100  hectares  (forest  cover  6,77,800 hectares, tree cover 1,24,300 hectares) of total forest and tree cover compared to that of ISFR-2015.

State/UT wise details of forest and tree cover along with percentage as per ISFR-2017 is given in Annexure-I.

- (c) Details of fund released by the Ministry for conservation, development and expansion of forests  under  National  Afforestation  Programme  (NAP),  Compensatory  Afforestation Funds (CAF) and Green India Mission (GIM) during the last four years and the current year  to  States/UT  including  Chhattisgarh  are  given  in  AnnexureII,  III and IV respectively.
- (d)    No, Sir. As per ISFR-2017, there is an increase of 8,021 square kilometre in the forest and tree cover of the country compared to that of ISFR-2015. The State/UTs wise details of  change  in  forest  cover  are  given  in Annexure-V. The main reason for increase in forest  cover  in  some  States  can  be  attributed  to  plantation  and  conservation  activities both within and outside the Recorded Forest areas. The decrease in forest cover in some States is mainly due to rotational felling, shifting cultivation etc.
- (e)        For  further  expansion  of  forest  area  and  maintaining  the  existing  forest  cover  of  the country,      afforestation  programmes  are  being  taken  up  under  various  Centrally Sponsored  Schemes  such  as  NAP  and  GIM  being  implemented  by  the  Ministry  of Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change.  Afforestation  activities  are  also  taken  up under  various  programmes/funding  sources  such  as  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme,  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana,  CAF  and under concerned State/UT schemes/plans.

GIM aims at protecting, restoring and enhancing India's forest cover and responding to Climate  Change.  NAP  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  for  afforestation  and  ecorestoration  of  degraded  forests  and  adjoining  areas  through  people's  participation.  To compensate  the  loss  of  forest  for  development  works,  compensatory  afforestation  is undertaken on non-forest land and degraded forest land from the funds collected from the user agencies and deposited in the CAF. In addition net present value of the forest land diverted is also deposited in CAF and utilized for additional afforestation and allied forestry activities for eco-restoration of the loss due to forest diversion.

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## Annexure I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4389 due for answer on 19.07.2019 regarding 'Forest Area'.

State/UTs wise details of Forest Cover as per ISFR 2017

(Area in hectare)

| State               |   Geographic Area |   Forest cover |   Tree Cover |   Total Forest and Tree Cover |   Percentage of Geographical area |
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh      |          16296800 |        2814700 |       375300 |                       3190000 |                             19.57 |
| Arunachal Pradesh   |           8374300 |        6696400 |        80700 |                       6777100 |                             80.93 |
| Assam               |           7843800 |        2810500 |       149600 |                       2960100 |                             37.74 |
| Bihar               |           9416300 |         729900 |       226300 |                        956200 |                             10.15 |
| Chhattisgarh        |          13519200 |        5554700 |       383300 |                       5938000 |                             43.92 |
| Delhi               |            148300 |          19241 |        11300 |                         30541 |                             20.59 |
| Goa                 |            370200 |         222900 |        32300 |                        255200 |                             68.94 |
| Gujarat             |          19624400 |        1475700 |       802400 |                       2278100 |                             11.61 |
| Haryana             |           4421200 |         158800 |       141500 |                        300300 |                              6.79 |
| Himachal Pradesh    |           5567300 |        1510000 |        82200 |                       1592200 |                             28.6  |
| Jammu& Kashmir *    |          22223600 |        2324100 |       781500 |                       3105600 |                             13.97 |
| Jharkhand           |           7971600 |        2355300 |       292200 |                       2647500 |                             33.21 |
| Karnataka           |          19179100 |        3755000 |       571300 |                       4326300 |                             22.56 |
| Kerala              |           3885200 |        2032100 |       295900 |                       2328000 |                             59.92 |
| Madhya Pradesh      |          30825200 |        7741400 |       807300 |                       8548700 |                             27.73 |
| Maharashtra         |          30771300 |        5068200 |       983100 |                       6051300 |                             19.67 |
| Manipur             |           2232700 |        1734600 |        22000 |                       1756600 |                             78.68 |
| Meghalaya           |           2242900 |        1714600 |        65700 |                       1780300 |                             79.37 |
| Mizoram             |           2108100 |        1818600 |        46700 |                       1865300 |                             88.48 |
| Nagaland            |           1657900 |        1248900 |        37900 |                       1286800 |                             77.62 |
| Odisha              |          15570700 |        5134500 |       399300 |                       5533800 |                             35.54 |
| Punjab              |           5036200 |         183700 |       162200 |                        345900 |                              6.87 |
| Rajasthan           |          34223900 |        1657200 |       826600 |                       2483800 |                              7.26 |
| Sikkim              |            709600 |         334400 |         3500 |                        337900 |                             47.62 |
| Tamil Nadu          |          13006000 |        2628100 |       467100 |                       3095200 |                             23.8  |
| Telangana           |          11207700 |        2041900 |       266900 |                       2308800 |                             20.6  |
| Tripura             |           1048600 |         772600 |        21500 |                        794100 |                             75.73 |
| Uttar Pradesh       |          24092800 |        1467900 |       744200 |                       2212100 |                              9.18 |
| Uttarakhand         |           5348300 |        2429500 |        76700 |                       2506200 |                             46.86 |
| West Bengal         |           8875200 |        1684700 |       213600 |                       1898300 |                             21.39 |
| A&N Islands         |            824900 |         674200 |         3500 |                        677700 |                             82.16 |
| Chandigarh          |             11400 |           2156 |         1000 |                          3156 |                             27.68 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli |             49100 |          20700 |         3000 |                         23700 |                             48.27 |
| Daman &Diu          |             11100 |           2049 |         1000 |                          3049 |                             27.47 |
| Lakshadweep         |              3000 |           2710 |          200 |                          2910 |                             97    |
| Puducherry          |             49000 |           5367 |         2700 |                          8067 |                             16.46 |
| Grand Total         |         328746900 |       70827300 |      9381500 |                      80208800 |                             24.39 |

## Annexure II

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4389 due for answer on 19.07.2019 regarding 'Forest Area'

## Details of State wise funds released under National Afforestation Programme

| S. No.               | State                | FY 2015-16           | FY 2016-17           | FY 2017- 18          | FY 2018-19           | FY 2019-20                                    |
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1                    | Andhra Pradesh       | 0.87                 | 1.33                 | 3.36                 | 6.38                 | No release has been made to any State so far. |
| 2                    | Bihar                | 5.01                 | 2.18                 | 4.23                 | 0.00                 |                                               |
| 3                    | Chhattisgarh         | 10.20                | 4.92                 | 10.86                | 7.82                 |                                               |
| 4                    | Goa                  | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |                                               |
| 5                    | Gujarat              | 8.54                 | 4.36                 | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |                                               |
| 6                    | Haryana              | 0.72                 | 3.50                 | 2.71                 | 0.00                 |                                               |
| 7                    | Himachal Pradesh     | 0.00                 |                      | 1.72                 | 2.92                 |                                               |
| 8                    | Jammu& Kashmir       | 0.00                 |                      | 7.20                 | 0.00                 |                                               |
| 9                    | Jharkhand            | 0.00                 |                      | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |                                               |
| 10                   | Karnataka            | 1.05                 | 7.33                 | 3.24                 | 10.99                |                                               |
| 11                   | Kerala               | 1.02                 |                      | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |                                               |
| 12                   | Madhya Pradesh       | 9.45                 | 4.00                 | 8.74                 | 7.78                 |                                               |
| 13                   | Maharashtra          | 14.90                | 4.76                 | 6.73                 | 15.33                |                                               |
| 14                   | Orissa               | 9.49                 | 4.62                 | 3.49                 | 11.36                |                                               |
| 15                   | Punjab               | 0.00                 |                      | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |                                               |
| 16                   | Rajasthan            | 0.75                 |                      | 1.40                 | 1.95                 |                                               |
| 17                   | Tamil Nadu           | 1.42                 | 1.56                 | 0.00                 | 2.07                 |                                               |
| 18                   | Telangana            | 0.00                 |                      | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |                                               |
| 19                   | Uttar Pradesh        | 2.68                 | 2.55                 | 0.67                 | 0.32                 |                                               |
| 20                   | Uttarakhand          | 3.05                 |                      | 3.36                 | 2.58                 |                                               |
| 21                   | West Bengal          | 0.00                 |                      | 0.00                 | 0.00                 |                                               |
|                      | Total (Other States) | 69.16                | 41.10                | 57.71                | 69.50                |                                               |
| North Eastern states | North Eastern states | North Eastern states | North Eastern states | North Eastern states | North Eastern states |                                               |
| 22                   | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.86                 |                      |                                               |
| 23                   | Assam                | 2.56                 | 0.00                 | 0.00                 | 0.58                 |                                               |
| 24                   | Manipur              | 3.67                 | 1.21                 | 3.19                 | 4.38                 |                                               |
| 25                   | Meghalaya            | 1.35                 | 0.00                 | 1.65                 | 0.74                 |                                               |
| 26                   | Mizoram              | 10.17                | 6.74                 | 5.80                 | 7.79                 |                                               |
| 27                   | Nagaland             | 0.00                 | 5.21                 | 5.85                 | 6.41                 |                                               |
| 28                   | Sikkim               | 1.52                 | 5.09                 | 0.00                 | 5.98                 |                                               |
| 29                   | Tripura              | 5.73                 | 0.00                 | 4.94                 |                      |                                               |
|                      | Total (NE States)    | 25.00                | 18.25                | 22.29                | 25.88                |                                               |
|                      | G. Total             | 94.16                | 59.35                | 80.00                | 95.38                |                                               |

## Annexure III

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4389 due for answer on 19.07.2019 regarding 'Forest Area'

## Details of State/UTs wise funds released under Compensatory Afforestation Funds

| State/UT                  | FY 15-16       | FY 16-17       | FY-17-18          | FY-18-19          | FY-19-20          |
|---------------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| State/UT                  | Release (Rs.)  | Release (Rs.)  | Release (Rs.)     | Release (Rs.)     | Release (Rs.)     |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 10,000,000     | Nil            | 1,33,00,000.00    | 1,56,00,000.00    | Nil               |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 850,000,000    | 890,000,000    | 97,00,00,000.00   | 1,04,47,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 620,000,000    | 1,500,000,000  |                   | 3,54,15,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Assam                     |                | 300,000,000    | 70,00,00,000.00   | 45,84,00,000.00   | Nil               |
| Bihar                     | 341,400,000    | 330,000,000    | 30,31,00,000.00   | 46,61,90,000.00   | Nil               |
| Chandigarh                | 21,179,000     | 10,000,000     | 1,13,00,000.00    | 1,27,00,000.00    | Nil               |
| Chhattisgarh              | 2,390,000,000  | 2,800,000,000  | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Dadar Nagar Haveli        | Nil            | Nil            | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Daman &Diu                | Nil            | Nil            | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Delhi                     | 39,100,000     | 40,000,000     | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Goa                       |                |                | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Gujarat                   | 330,000,000    | 990,000,000    | 27,00,00,000.00   | 2,12,6600,000.00  | Nil               |
| Haryana                   | 640,000,000    | 180,000,000    | 80,00,00,000.00   | 1,44,20,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 854,700,000    | 1,506,200,000  | 1,20,00,00,000.00 | 1,32,52,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Jammu Kashmir             | 310,000,000    | 1,020,000,000  | 69,00,00,000.00   | Nil               | 1,01,77,00,000.00 |
| Jharkhand                 | 1,410,000,000  | 1,490,000,000  | 2,34,00,00,000.00 | 2,86,25,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Karnataka                 | 600,000,000    | 851,200,000    | 86,00,00,000.00   | 1,01,40,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Kerala                    | Nil            | Nil            | 8,00,00,000.00    | 14,61,00,000.00   | Nil               |
| Lakshadweep               | Nil            | Nil            | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 2,130,000,000  | 1,400,000,000  | 2,00,00,00,000.00 | 2,68,76,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Maharashtra               | 1,550,000,000  | 2,050,000,000  | 1,99,00,00,000.00 | 2,25,00,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Manipur                   | 250,000,000    | 150,000,000    | 29,50,00,000.00   | 24,85,00,000.00   | Nil               |
| Meghalaya                 | 165,600,000    |                | 7,00,00,000.00    | Nil               | Nil               |
| Mizoram                   | 100,000,000    | 77,300,000     | 6,85,00,000.00    | 8,30,00,000.00    | Nil               |
| Nagaland                  | Nil            | Nil            | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Orissa                    | 3,220,000,000  | 4,260,000,000  | 5,09,00,00,000.00 | 5,54,00,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Pudducherry               | Nil            | Nil            | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Punjab                    | 490,000,000    | 660,000,000    | 64,00,00,000.00   | 79,20,00,000.00   | Nil               |
| Rajasthan                 | 480,000,000    | 1,480,600,000  | 1,79,00,00,000.00 | 1,82,03,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Sikkim                    | 110,000,000    | 90,000,000     | Nil               | Nil               | Nil               |
| Tamil Nadu                | 35,200,000     | 90,000,000     | 12,68,00,000.00   | 7,00,00,000.00    | Nil               |
| Telangana                 | 760,000,000    | 1,170,000,000  | 1,27,00,00,000.00 | 2,37,38,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Tripura                   | 110,000,000    | 120,000,000    | 7,10,00,000       | 16,70,00,000.00   | Nil               |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 1,770,000,000  | 970,000,000    | 1,44,00,00,000.00 | 1,50,60,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| Uttrakhand                | 1,640,000,000  | 1,707,100,000  | 96,00,00,000.00   | 3,03,00,00,000.00 | Nil               |
| West Bengal               | Nil            |                | Nil               |                   | Nil               |
| Total                     |                | 210,000,000    |                   | 21,22,00,000.00   |                   |
|                           | 21,227,179,000 | 26,342,400,000 | 24,049,000,000.00 | 35,235,890,000.00 | 1,017,700,000.00  |

## Annexure IV

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4389 due for answer on 19.07.2019 regarding 'Forest Area'

## State-wise details of funds released under Green India Mission.

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | States         | FY 2015-16   | FY 2016-17   | FY2017-18   | FY 2018-19                                 | FY 2019-20   |
|-----------|----------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | -            | 1.06         | 0.446       | 2.6662 No release been made far to States. | has so any   |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh   | 23.39        | 20.23        | 10.953      | 5.3607                                     | has so any   |
| 3         | Karnataka      | 1.05         | 0.87         | 0.857       | 1.62339                                    | has so any   |
| 4         | Kerala*        | 9.15         | -            | -           | -                                          | has so any   |
| 5         | Manipur        | 8.35         | 7.82         | 6.416       | 4.88812                                    | has so any   |
| 6         | Mizoram        | -            | 9.88         | 20.00       | 22.364                                     | has so any   |
| 7         | Odisha         | 1.83         | 1.39         | 1.406       | 4.74334                                    | has so any   |
| 8         | Punjab*        | 6.11.        | -            | 6.217       | -                                          | has so any   |
| 9         | Uttarakhand**  | 20.21        | -            | -           | -                                          | has so any   |
| 10        | Sikkim         | -            | -            | -           | 3.3236                                     | has so any   |
| 11        | Maharashtra    | -            | -            | -           | 10.30188                                   | has so any   |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh | -            | -            | -           | 24.15919                                   | has so any   |
| Total     | Total          | 70.09        | 41.25        | 46.295      | 79.4304                                    | has so any   |

Note: *Fund were revalidated for utilization in FY 2016-17.

** Fund were revalidated for utilization in FY 2016-17 and FY 2018-19

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4389 due for answer on 19.07.2019 regarding 'Forest Area' State/UTs wise details of Forest and Tree Cover as per ISFR 2017

| Sl.No.   | Name of State /UT    | Geographical Area   | ISFR-2015 (update)   | ISFR-2015 (update)   | ISFR-2015 (update)          | ISFR-2017    | ISFR-2017   | ISFR-2017                   | ISFR-2017   |
|----------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|-------------|-----------------------------|-------------|
| Sl.No.   | Name of State /UT    | Geographical Area   | Forest Cover         | Tree Cover           | Total Forest and Tree Cover | Forest Cover | Tree Cover  | Total Forest and Tree Cover | Difference  |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 162968              | 26006                | 3965                 | 29971                       | 28147        | 3753        | 31900                       | 1929        |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 83743               | 67154                | 761                  | 67915                       | 66964        | 807         | 67771                       | -144        |
| 3        | Assam                | 78438               | 27538                | 1613                 | 29151                       | 28105        | 1496        | 29601                       | 450         |
| 4        | Bihar                | 94163               | 7254                 | 2182                 | 9436                        | 7299         | 2263        | 9562                        | 126         |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         | 135192              | 55559                | 3629                 | 59188                       | 55547        | 3833        | 59380                       | 192         |
| 6        | Delhi                | 1483                | 188.77               | 111                  | 299.77                      | 192.41       | 113         | 305.41                      | 5.64        |
| 7        | Goa                  | 3702                | 2210                 | 325                  | 2535                        | 2229         | 323         | 2552                        | 17          |
| 8        | Gujarat              | 196244              | 14710                | 7914                 | 22624                       | 14757        | 8024        | 22781                       | 157         |
| 9        | Haryana              | 44212               | 1580                 | 1355                 | 2935                        | 1588         | 1415        | 3003                        | 68          |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh     | 55673               | 14707                | 757                  | 15464                       | 15100        | 822         | 15922                       | 458         |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 222236              | 22988                | 8354                 | 31342                       | 23241        | 7815        | 31056                       | -286        |
| 12       | Jharkhand            | 79716               | 23524                | 2783                 | 26307                       | 23553        | 2922        | 26475                       | 168         |
| 13       | Karnataka            | 191791              | 36449                | 5552                 | 42001                       | 37550        | 5713        | 43263                       | 1262        |
| 14       | Kerala               | 38852               | 19278                | 2951                 | 22229                       | 20321        | 2959        | 23280                       | 1051        |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh       | 308252              | 77426                | 7773                 | 85199                       | 77414        | 8073        | 85487                       | 288         |
| 16       | Maharashtra          | 307713              | 50699                | 9558                 | 60257                       | 50682        | 9831        | 60513                       | 256         |
| 17       | Manipur              | 22327               | 17083                | 243                  | 17326                       | 17346        | 220         | 17566                       | 240         |
| 18       | Meghalaya            | 22429               | 17262                | 710                  | 17972                       | 17146        | 657         | 17803                       | -169        |
| 19       | Mizoram              | 21081               | 18717                | 535                  | 19252                       | 18186        | 467         | 18653                       | -599        |
| 20       | Nagaland             | 16579               | 12939                | 381                  | 13320                       | 12489        | 379         | 12868                       | -452        |
| 21       | Odisha               | 155707              | 50460                | 3986                 | 54446                       | 51345        | 3993        | 55338                       | 892         |
| 22       | Punjab               | 50362               | 1771                 | 1544                 | 3315                        | 1837         | 1622        | 3459                        | 144         |
| 23       | Rajasthan            | 342239              | 16106                | 8269                 | 24375                       | 16572        | 8266        | 24838                       | 463         |
| 24       | Sikkim               | 7096                | 3353                 | 35                   | 3388                        | 3344         | 35          | 3379                        | -9          |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu           | 130060              | 26208                | 4505                 | 30713                       | 26281        | 4671        | 30952                       | 239         |
| 26       | Telangana            | 112077              | 19854                | 2549                 | 22403                       | 20419        | 2669        | 23088                       | 685         |
| 27       | Tripura              | 10486               | 7890                 | 233                  | 8123                        | 7726         | 215         | 7941                        | -182        |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh        | 240928              | 14401                | 7044                 | 21445                       | 14679        | 7442        | 22121                       | 676         |
| 29       | Uttarakhand          | 53483               | 24272                | 752                  | 25024                       | 24295        | 767         | 25062                       | 38          |
| 30       | West Bengal          | 88752               | 16826                | 2088                 | 18914                       | 16847        | 2136        | 18983                       | 69          |
| 31       | A&N Islands          | 8249                | 6751                 | 37                   | 6788                        | 6742         | 35          | 6777                        | -11         |
| 32       | Chandigarh           | 114                 | 21.66                | 9                    | 30.66                       | 21.56        | 10          | 31.56                       | 0.9         |
| 33       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 491                 | 206                  | 28                   | 234                         | 207          | 30          | 237                         | 3           |
| 34       | Daman & Diu          | 111                 | 19.61                | 10                   | 29.61                       | 20.49        | 10          | 30.49                       | 0.88        |
| 35       | Lakshadweep          | 30                  | 27.06                | 4                    | 31.06                       | 27.1         | 2           | 29.1                        | -1.96       |
| 36       | Puducherry           | 490                 | 56.95                | 27                   | 83.95                       | 53.67        | 27          | 80.67                       | -3.28       |
|          | Total                | 3287469             | 701495               | 92572                | 794067                      | 708273       | 93815       | 802088                      | 8021        |