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Table 3: Progress of Joint Forest Management (as on September 10, 2003)
State
Number of JFM Groups
Area under JFM (ha)
Andhra Pradesh
7,245
1,886,764.00
Arunachal Pradesh
308
80,217.00
Assam
503
79,251.00
Bihar
493
267,240.94
Chhattisgarh
6,881
2,846,762.16
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
NA
NA
Goa
26
13,000.00
Gujarat
1,424
160,525.41
Haryana
875
56,000.00
Himachal Pradesh
835
290,922.80
Jammu & Kashmir
935
49,544.00
Jharkhand
3,358
847,967.93
Karnataka
3,470
232,734.00
Kerala
323
170,712.00
Madhya Pradesh
13,698
5,500,000.00
Maharashtra
5,322
1,411,215.00
Manipur
205
93,941.00
Mizoram
249
10,980.00
Nagaland
306
22,930.00
Orissa
15,985
821,504.00
Punjab
287
56,243.95
Rajasthan
3,667
376,766.00
Sikkim
158
600.00
Tamil Nadu
1,816
445,965.00
Tripura
234
34,154.00
Uttar Pradesh
2,030
112,652.93
Uttaranchal2
10,107
859,028.00
West Bengal
3,892
604,334.00
Total
84,632
17,331,955.12
1 The figures in this table indicate the total number of JFM groups that have been created and do not indicate how many of these groups are actually functional. 2 Van Panchayats (forest councils) are also included in the state's JFM figures.
