Forest range

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title: "Forest range" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["protected-areas-of-india", "forest-administration-in-india", "ministry-of-environment,-forest-and-climate-change", "forestry-in-pakistan", "forests-of-bangladesh", "types-of-formally-designated-forests"] description: "Forest administration in India" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_range" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Forest administration in India ::

A forest range is a term used to define administrative regions containing one or more (usually) demarcated and (usually) protected or resource-managed forests. The term was in use in British India, and hence India, Pakistan and Bangladesh use this term for administrative purposes.

In India

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/BR_Hills_Ranges.png" caption="Biligiriranga Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary]] in [[South India]] with the Forest Range boundaries marked. Note that all the ranges are in the same district of [[Chamarajanagar]] and the range boundaries may or may not correspond to [[taluka]] boundaries"] ::

In India, the combined forests in a forest division are completely divided into non-overlapping forest ranges for the purpose of administration and coordination, in an analogous form of dividing the political area of a subdivision into blocks. Alignment of the ranges to political boundaries is not necessary, as forests often overlap political boundaries - but one range cannot span more than one state.

Each range controls the protected areas and managed resources under its jurisdiction, and is presided over by a Forest Range Officer. A forest range may be broken up into one or more 'sub-ranges' or 'blocks'.

References

References

1. (2015). "Remote sensing inputs for forest working plan revision a case study in Vijay Nagar range forest of Sabarkantha district in state of Gujarat India". Gujarat University.
2. Beinart, William. (2007-10-11). "Forests and Forestry in India". Oxford University Press.
3. Milda, David. (2020-12-01). "Ranger survey reveals conservation issues across Protected and outside Protected Areas in southern India". Global Ecology and Conservation.

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