Recorded Forest Area of Tamil Nadu

Recorded Forest Area
Reserved Forest	19,388 km²
Protected Forest	2,183 km²
Unclassed Forest	1,306 km²
Total	22,877 km²
Of State's Geographic Area	17.59 %
Of Country's Forest Area	2.95 %

(Tamil Nadu Forest Department website, www.forests.tn.nic.in)

Note a differing estimate for recorded forest area (most likely drawn from Revenue Department sources):

Forest Area: 21340 sq km, 16.43% of State's geographic area

(Ministry of Agriculture Land Use Statistics 2005)

The district-wise forest cover in Tamil Nadu, as measured by satellite imagery, can be found in the Tamil Nadu chapter of the State of Forests Report, 2005, Forest Survey of India.