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Biosphere Reserves in India - Part of World Network of Biosphere Reserves

Name of the
Area
Reserve
1. Gulf of Mannar 10,500
#

Location
Indian part of Gulf of Mannar between India and Sri Lanka (Tamil Nadu) - Coasts

2. Sunderbans

9,630
sq.km.

3. Nanda Devi

5,860.69
Part of Chamoli, Pithoragarh & Almora Districts (Uttaranchal) - West Himalayas
sq.km.

4. Nilgiri

5,520 sq Part of Wynad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Mudumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley and
km
Siruvani Hills (Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka) - Western Ghats

5. Panchmarhi

4,926.28 Part of Betul, Hoshangabad and Chindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh - Semi-Aridsq.km. Gujarat Rajputana

6. Similipal

4,374
sq.km.

Part of Mayurbhanj district (Orissa) - Deccan Peninsula

7. Nokrek

820
sq.km.

Part of Garo Hills (Meghalaya)- East Himalayas

Part of delta of Ganges and Brahmaputra river system (West Bengal) - Gigantic Delta

8.

Achanakmar- 3835.1
Amarkantak sq.km.

Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh (A large part of the reserve is in Bilaspur district of
Chhattisgarh)

9.

Nicobar
Islands

Indian Ocean

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Forest Cover in India

Points to remember
The percentage of forest cover in India in terms of its total geographical area
23.81%*
is
The state with highest percentage of its geographical area under forests

Mizoram - 90.68%*

The Union Territory with highest percentage of its geographical area under
forests

Lakshadweep - 84.56%*

The state with largest area under forests

The state with lowest percentage of its geographical area under forests

Madhya Pradesh - 77,700 sq.km.*

Andaman & Nicobar Islands - 6724
sq.km*
Punjab - 3.30%

The state with least area under forests

Haryana - 1,608 sq.km.*

The type of forest which constitutes the largest area of forests in India

Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest - 41.87%

The Union Territory with largest area under forests

*The above data is based on GoI Press release dated 07 Feb 2012. Refer this link

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