Forests in India - State wise percentage area

#	State/UT	% of forest
1	Mizoram	90.38
2	Lakshadweep	84.56
3	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	81.36
4	Arunachal Pradesh	80.39
5	Nagaland	78.68
6	Meghalaya	77.08
7	Manipur	76.1
8	Tripura	75.01
9	Goa	59.94
10	Sikkim	47.32
11	Kerala	46.12
12	Uttarakhand	45.82
13	Dadra & Nagra Haveli	43.38
14	Chhattisgarh	41.14
15	Assam	35.38
16	Odisha	32.33
17	Jharkhand	29.45
18	Himachal Pradesh	26.37
19	Madhya Pradesh	25.15
India’s Average Forest Cover		21.23
20	West Bengal	18.93
21	Karnataka	18.84
22	Tamil Nadu	18.33
23	Andhra Pradesh	16.77
24	Maharashtra	16.45
25	Chandigarh	15.14
26	Delhi	12.12
27	Puducherry	10.43
28	Jammu & Kashmir	10.14
29	Daman & Diu	8.28
30	Bihar	7.74
31	Gujarat	7.48
32	Uttar Pradesh	5.96
33	Rajasthan	4.7
34	Haryana	3.59
35	Punjab	3.53

By area wise, the states with the maximum forest cover are:-

·        Madhya Pradesh (77, 522 sq km)

·        Arunachal Pradesh (67, 321 sq km)

·        Chhattisgarh (55, 621 sq km)

·        Maharashtra  (50, 632 sq km)

·        Odisha (50, 347 sq km)