Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Forest villages and Revenue villages

Posted On: 28 DEC 2017 4:04PM by PIB Delhi

The State-wise information with regard to the number of Forest Villages as per census, 2011 is given below:-

Number of Forest Villages (State-wise)                                                                             

      (Source: Census 2011)

Sl. No.

State Name

No. of Forest Villages

1

Jammu & Kashmir

41

2

Uttarakhand

421

3

Uttar Pradesh

89

4

Sikkim

51

5

Assam

897

6

Jharkhand

14

7

Odisha

47

8

Chhattisgarh

658

9

Madhya Pradesh

1165

10

Gujarat

162

11

Maharashtra

73

12

Andhra Pradesh

3

13

Tamil Nadu

736

14

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

169

 

INDIA

4526

 

The status of conversion of Forest Villages into Revenue Villages as per the relevant section of Forest Rights Act, 2006 is given below:-

Status of conversion of  Forest Villages  to Revenue Villages as per  Forest Rights Act,2006 based on the  information received  from the State Governments.

S.No

Name  of the  State

Forest village to Revenue village

1.

Madhya Pradesh

925 Forest Villages to be converted to Revenue Villages

2

Maharashtra

All Forest villages except for 73 Villages  in Nandurbar are  in the process of conversion into revenue villages

3

Chhattisgarh

421 Forest villages converted to Revenue villages

4

West Bengal

86 Forest villages converted to Revenue villages

5

Odisha

Recorded 22 Forest Villages and unsurveyed habitations identified for being converted to Revenue villages

6

Gujarat

Out of total 196 recorded  forest settlement,   175 have been identified for conversion  to Revenue villages

7

Uttar Pradesh

Out of total 12 recorded forest settlements, 6 have been converted to Revenue Villages.

 

This Press Release is based on the information given by the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Sudarshan Bhagat in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 28.12.2017 (Thursday).

 

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