The Jharkhand State with a geographical area of 79,714 km² constitutes 2.42% of the country’s area. The total recorded forest area of the state is 23,605 km² which is 29.61% of the geographical area of the state. Of the total recorded forest area, Reserved Forests constitute 18.58%, Protected Forests 81.28%, and Unclassed Forests 0.14%. As per State of Forest Report of Forest Survey of India, forest cover in the state is 22,977 km² which is 28.82% of the state’s geographical area. The total forest and tree cover put together, it constitutes about 32.48% of the geographical area of the state against the national average of 23.81%.
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27,673 Sq. Km.(3.2 % of Country's F.C).