Shri Animesh Debbarma

Hon'ble Minister for Forests

Shri Rabindra Kumar Samal, IFS

Principal Secretary (Forests), PCCF & HoFF, Chief Wildlife Warden and CEO, Tripura CAMPA in FHQ

Tripura Forests At a Glance

Total Recorded Forest Area:


6294.287 Sq Km, 60 % of total GA of Tripura

Reserve Forests(RF):


3588.183 Sq Km

Proposed Reserve Forest (PRF):


587.633 Sq Km

Protected Forests (PF):


1.597 Sq. Km

Unclassed Govt. Forest (UGF):


2116.874 Sq. Km

Total Forest Cover including VDF, MDF and OF:


7721.52 Sq. KM (73.64 % as per ISFR 2021)

Forest Districts:


8 nos, Forest Subdivisions: 17 Nos, 59 functional Ranges and Forest Beats: 284 functional beats

Total:


41 RFs, 45 PRFs

Prime Activities

Nurseries

A nursery is a place where plants are propagated and grown to a desired age for further planting.Tripura Forest Department has several number of nursery for creating the forestry seedling for plantation activities.

Plantations

Tripura Forest Department carries out the plantation (Artificial Regeneration-AR) activities in degraded land of forest areas. Besides this, aided natural regeneration (ANR) are also followed for boosting up the natural forest.

Road Side Plantation

Road side plantations have been taken of to improve the aesthetic value of the road and riding experience of the traveler.

River Side Plantation

River side plantations in Tripura have been taken up along river and major rivers to check river bank erosion.

Check Dams

Creating Check dams are a highly effective practice to reduce flow velocities in channels and waterways in forests. It can reduce the soil erosion, forest degradation. It is also helpful for regaining the soil fertility, forest health etc.

Livelihood Generation

NTFP Centre of Excellence (NCE), an autonomous Society and External Aided projects (EAPs) under the Forest Department supports the basis of livelihood activities of local people as a means of alternative income generation against the income source severely relying on forest produce. These are Agro-forestry, Livestock farming, Animal Health Camps, Fish Farming, Organic farming, Ecotourism Based development etc. based livelihood generation.

Biodiversity Gallery
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Trees
 
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Birds
 
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Butterflies
 
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Mammals
 
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Dragonflies
 
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Fishes, Reptiles & Amphibians
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Medicinal Plants and NTFP
 
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Orchids
 
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Bamboos
 
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State-Level Offices under Forest Department
  • Working Plan Division - I & II, Gandhigram, Agartala.
  • Forest Research Division and State Medicinal Plant Board & Panchakarma Training Centre, Gandhigram, Agartala.
  • Tripura State Forest Academy, Gandhigram, Agartala.
District and State-Level Offices under Forest Department
Number of Districts 8
Number of Forest Sub-divisions 17
Number of Wild Life Sanctuaries 4
Number of National Parks 2
Number of Conservation Reserves 2
Number of functional Range Offices 59
Number of functional Beat Offices 283
Name of Forest District Recorded Forest Area (Sq. Km) Subdivisions WLS Functional Ranges Functional Beats
Unakoti 376.739 2   6 21
Khowai 587.224 2   6 28
West 214.582 2   6 26
Sepahijala 344.056 2 1 7 32
North Tripura 846.567 2 1 7 31
South Tripura 940.618 2 1 9 46
Gomati 1125.133 3   8 46
Dhalai 1859.368 2 1 10 53
Total 6294.287 17 4 59 283