BPSC 45th Exam Prelims 2003 Solved Paper

Forest cover is the total geographical area declared as forest by the government. According to Forest Survey of India, the total geographical area of the country is 32,87,263 sqkm out of which an area of 6,75,538 sq km or 20.5 per cent was under forests in 2001. As of 2017 , the total forest cover in India is 708,273 sqkm, which is 21.54 percent of the total geographical area of the country.