Forests of Assam

Reserved Forest Area,2023 (in Hect.),

1292964.26

Encroached Area, 2023 (in Hect.)

340747.79

Nos. of Encroachers, 2023 (Household)

198387

National Park , 2022-23

           Nos. of National Park

7

           Area under National Park (in Sq. Km)

3272.14

Wildlife Sanctuaries, 2022-23

        Nos. of Wildlife Sanctuaries

17

       Area under Wildlife Sanctuaries (in Sq. Km)

1923.91

Proposed Wildlife Sanctuaries, 2022-23 (in Nos.)

        Nos. of Proposed Wildlife Sanctuaries

2

        Area under Proposed Wildlife Sanctuaries (Sq. Km)

81.55

Forest Road (Surfaced), 2023 (in Km.)

1825.19

Forest Road (Motorable), 2023 (in Km.)

12513.27

Forest Road (Non Motorable), 2023 (in Km.)

10947.11

Forest Revenue, 2023 (in Crore)

451.50

Forest Division

Reserved Forest Area

Encroachment Forest Area

Nos. of Encroachers in Forest Areas (Household)

Goalpara

25249.66

5753.25

3648

Kamrup East

35329.55

4117.40

6591

Kamrup West

68133.89

21052.40

7262

North kamrup

4519.61

130.37

887

Dibrugarh

10967.97

1444.97

64

Digboi

62514.65

2252.10

665

Doom Dooma

30904.35

9344.80

2306

Golaghat

99570.87

87213.46

39243

Jorhat

26098.58

18651.29

1765

Sivasagar

24105.05

9788.00

1119

Hamren

10313.28

Nil

Nil

Karbi-Anglong East

48033.95

10917.83

2035

Karbi-Anglong-West

89371.66

1273.00

Nil

Dima Hasao East

49179.00

1056.50

858

Baksa

13323.33

5495.00

3138

Lakhimpur

31094.98

3229.16

2047

Dhemaji

49553.45

31001.50

13072

Nagaon

30378.34

1516.26

4130

Nagaon South

49049.00

10986.00

9354

Sonitpur East

47428.00

33829.00

38803

Sonitpur West

44067.77

32186.10

25000

Silchar(Cachar)

78897.64

4576.28

2807

Hailakandi

53835.74

11616.00

6786

Karimganj

48056.79

4155.99

4357

Aie-Valley

6079.96

327.43

498

Dhubri

1344.97

61.13

199

Haltugaon

47876.12

19667.86

12143

Kachugaon

82199.00

2732.23

2864

Dhansiri

17270.94

836.27

218

Parbatjhora

32022.81

3020.02

2010

Chirang

57667.81

212.00

202

Nagaon W.L.

2155.00

2155.00

2500

Eastern Assam W.L.

5726.05

50.00

Nil

Dima Hasao West

10644.49

99.20

1816

Assam

1292964.26

340747.79

198387

Name of the Products

Total Out Turn

Average Market price (in Rs.)

Total Market Value (Rs. in Crore)

Unit

Quantity

Timber

m3

707290.66

285000

6054.86

Round wood

m3

1422.16

500

0.07

Tree Outside Forest

m3

10000.00

35000

35.00

Firewood (excluding Charcoal)

m3

3700.00

300

0.11

Charcoal Wood

m3

5000.00

400

0.20

Bamboo

MTAD

763486.00

2200

167.97

Broom Grass

Kg

3158.50

110

0.03

Agaedust

Kg

108483.00

10000

108.48

Agarwood Chips

Kg

50000.00

100000

500.00

Agar Oil

Kg

100.00

450000

4.50

Bidi Leaves

Kg

3158.50

180

0.06

Others (Specify)

Kg

68233.00

150

1.02

Sands

m3

10851366.86

1700

1844.73

Stone

m3

16896157.95

2100

3548.19

Stone Gravel

m3

2365001.38

2100

496.65

Silt/Clay

m3

2898538.05

200

57.97

Others (Ordinary Earth & Clay)

m3

40792612.00

1000

4079.26

Total

-

-

16899.11

Item

2022

2023

Timber/ Fuel wood

16.00

18.80

Social & Farm Forestry

19.79

16.95

Sands/ Gravel/ Stone

186.44

261.88

Other (General)

96.00

93.91

Revolving Fund

9.30

0.00

Other (Wild Life)

19.02

12.05

Zoological Park

0.00

0.00

Directly Deposit Treasury

54.65

0.00

Online Deposit to Treasury

-

47.90

Total

401.20

451.49

Item

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

No. of Visitors:

1. Indian

193327

346298

677947

2. Foreigner

90

279

564

3. Total

193417

346577

678511

Revenue Collected (in Rs.)

4967220

11627672

18755432

Year

Target

Achievement

2017-18

150

160.12

2018-19

170

165.37

2019-20

170

276.44

2020-21

280

352.77

2021-22

350

401.20

2022-23

780

451.50

Name of Scheme

Year

Financial Target

Financial Achievement

Assam Project on Forest and Biodiversity Conservation Society phase-II

2020-21

96.12

2.95

2021-22

122.84

24.23

2022-23

138.36

35.59

Upto Dec'2023

133.76

43.74

Category of Road

Length (in Km)

2022

2023

1

2

3

Surfaced

1825.19

1825.19

Unsurfaced

24779.12

24779.12

Motorable

12513.27

12513.27

Non-motorable

10947.11

10947.11

Name of National Park

Domestic Tourists

(in nos.)

Foreign  Tourists

(in nos.)

Total Tourists

 (in nos.)

1. Kaziranga National Park

305566

9236

314802

2. Manas National Park

54655

65

54720

3. Nameri National   Park

8353

664

9017

4. Dibru Saikhuwa National Park

1425

13

1438

5. Orang National Park

4066

32

4098

6. Raimona National Park

1050

0

1050

7. Dihing Patkai National Park

150

0

150

Total

375265

10010

385275

Name of SF Division

2021-22

2022-23

Nos. of Nursery

Area Covered (in Hect.)

Sapling Distributed cum sold

Nos. of Nursery

Area Covered (in Hect.)

Sapling Distributed cum sold

Guwahati

-

-

2218939

4

7.5

162334

Silchar

-

-

13484

0

0

15420

Karimganj

1

1.5

185520

1

1.5

211040

Nalbari

-

-

85740

2

2.27

74017

Barpeta

-

-

71244

1

1.5

37811

Bongaigaon

-

-

115042

1

1.5

36027

Goalpara

-

-

126644

0

0

129062

Nagaon

-

-

163791

2

4.5

213357

Golaghat

-

-

182584

5

7.5

196547

Sivasagar

-

-

148973

1

1.5

304347

Dibrugarh

-

-

47940

2

4.5

90152

Lakhimpur

-

-

254823

1

1.5

59584

Sonitpur

-

-

957125

0

0

0

Kokrajhar

-

-

NA

1

50

21234

Assam

1

1.5

4571849

21

83.77

1550932

National Parks/ Wildlife Sanctuaries

Location

(District)

Area in Sq. Km.

A. National Parks

1. Kaziranga National Park

 Golaghat, Nagaon, Sonitpur & Biswanath

946.75

2. Manas National Park

Chirang and Baksa

850.00

3. Nameri National Park

Sonitpur

200.00

4. Dibru Saikhuwa National Park

 Dibrugarh and Tinsukia

340.00

5. Orang National Park

Udalguri,  Sonitpur

279.13

6. Raimona National Park

 Kokrajhar

422.00

7. Dihing Patkai National Park

 Dibrugarh and Tinsukia

234.26

Total

3272.14

B. Wildlife Sanctuaries (WLS)

1. Garampani WLS

 Karbi Anglong

6.05

2. Laokhowa WLS

Nagaon

70.13

3. Barnadi WLS

Udalguri

26.22

4. Chakrasila WLS

Kokrajhar

45.58

5. Burachapari WLS

 Sonitpur

239.06

6. Panidihing

Sivasagar

33.93

7. Hollongpar Gibbon WLS

Jorhat

20.98

8. Pobitora WLS

Morigaon

38.81

9. Sonai Rupai WLS

Sonitpur

220.00

10. Bherjan-Borajan-Podumoni WLS

Tinsukia

7.21

11. East karbi Anglong WLS

Karbi Anglong

221.81

12. Nambor WLS

Karbi Anglong

37.00

13. Morat Longri WLS

Karbi Anglong

451.00

14. Nambor Doigurung WLS

Golaghat

97.15

15. Amchang WLS

Kamrup Metropolitan

78.64

16. Borail WLS

Cachar, Karimganj

326.24

17. Deepor Beel WLS

Kamrup Metropolitan

4.10

Total

1923.91

Total (A + B)

5196.05

C. Proposed Wildlife Sanctuary

1. Bordoibum Beelmukh

Lakhimpur and Dhemaji

11.25

2. North Karbi-Anglong

Karbi Anglong

70.30

Total

81.55

District

No. of Wetlands excluding river

River (in Ha.)

Other (in Ha.)

Total area of Wetland in RF area in the District (in Ha.)

Kakrajhar

280

6571.11

562.73

7133.77

Dhubri

40

9.36

49.46

58.82

Goalpara

152

18.14

202.28

220.42

Barpeta

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Morigaon

94

99.59

38.37

137.96

Nagaon

265

2905.29

1854.98

4760.27

Sonitpur

298

92684.80

222.55

92907.36

Lakhimpur

60

24462.92

74.28

24537.20

Dhemaji

42

1491.08

26.43

1517.51

Tinsukia

281

29160.50

170.31

29330.81

Dibrugarh

189

26867.56

228.94

27096.50

Sivasagar

159

9097.19

198.63

9295.82

Jorhat

13

137.19

14.23

151.42

Golaghat

1064

9063.91

2779.53

11843.45

Karbi Anglong

345

3.91

173.76

177.67

Dima Hasao

25

488.49

147.51

636.00

Cachar

332

2791.49

180.92

2972.41

Karimganj

1790

91.04

921.40

1012.43

Hailakandi

996

4511.51

391.52

4903.03

Bongaigaon

200

18.74

194.53

213.27

Chirang

90

7205.76

48.14

7253.89

Kamrup

222

8013.81

291.54

8305.34

Kamrup Metro

41

20.92

20.99

41.91

Nalbari

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Baksa

54

3267.50

24.51

3292.01

Darrang

43

3245.35

33.09

3279.04

Udalguri

23

2704.49

9.03

2713.52

Assam

7398

234931.64

8859.65

243791.83

Category

Year of Census

Numbers

1. Leopard

2021

28

2. Swamp Deer

2022

1126

3. Tiger

2022

176

4. Elephant

2022

2613

5. Rhino

2022

2788

Primate Census (Year: 2009):

1. Rhesus Macaque

72674

2. Assamese Macaque

30866

3. Pig Tailed Macaque

649

4. Stump tailed Macaque

648

5. Slow Loris

431

6. Capped Langur

17813

7. Golden Langur

2772

8. Phayre's Leaf Monkey/ Spectacled Langur

132

9. Hoollock Gibbon

1517

Sl. No.

District

Total Registration

1

Kokrajhar

159255

2

Dhubri

315694

3

Goalpara

173710

4

Barpeta

212048

5

Morigaon

140670

6

Nagaon & Hojai

276045

7

Sonitpur

169865

8

Lakhimpur

180360

9

Dhemaji

133697

10

Tinsukia

134428

11

Dibrugarh

151928

12

Sivasagar

145966

13

Jorhat

144707

14

Golaghat

179986

15

Karbi Anglong

102827

16

Dima Hasao

30038

17

Cachar

170344

18

Karimganj

122579

19

Hailakandi

83659

20

Bongaigaon

113763

21

Chirang

84106

22

Kamrup

251220

23

Kamrup Metro

45532

24

Nalbari

144804

25

Baksa

200168

26

Darrang

158858

27

Udalguri

152854

28

Biswanath

138898

29

Charaideo

84571

30

Hojai

121619

31

Majuli

45147

32

South Salmara

64871

33

West Karbi Anglong

49156

34

Bajali

51092

Assam

4734465