The state which has the largest forest area is

The correct answer is Madhya Pradesh . Key Points The state that has the largest area of forest cover in India is Madhya Pradesh . Hence, Option 4 is correct. According to the 2019 Forest Survey, the State of Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover in the country. Largest forest cover in India: Madhya Pradesh > Arunachal Pradesh > Chhattisgarh > Odisha > Maharashtra. In terms of the percentage of forest cover: Mizoram (85.41 percent) is the most forest-rich state. The States/Union Territories showed a larger increase in forest cover in Karnataka followed by Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Jammu & Kashmir . While the States/Union Territories that showed a loss of forest cover are Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, and Mizoram. Additional Information The Total Forest cover is 7,12,249 sq km which is 21.67% of the geographical area of the country. The Tree cover is 2.89% of the geographical area of the country. It is the 16th biennial assessment of India’s forests by the Forest Survey of India, an o rganization under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). Forest cover as percentage of total geographical area: Mizoram (85.41%) > Arunachal Pradesh (79.63%) > Meghalaya (76.33%) > Manipur (75.46%) > Nagaland (75.31%). The forest area in Kerala (11309.4754 sq.km.) is 29.1% of the geographical area of the State which is higher than the national average of 21.02%. The recorded forest area of Assam is 26,832 sq km accounting for 34.21% of its geographical area. According to their legal status, Reserved Forests constitute 66.58% and Unclassed Forests 33.42% of the total forest area. Based on the interpretation of IRS Resources at-2 LISS III satellite data of the period Nov 2017 to March 2018, the Forest Cover in Karnataka is 38,575.48 sq km which is 20.11 % of the State's geographical area.