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.
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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.
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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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