Pulp mills and sawmills in India
WoodComp tracks 8 operating pulp mills in India, with capacity, status and location as open data. India holds 72.7 M ha of forest, 24 % of its land area, led by Sal and Teak.
Wood supply
- Forest area
- 72.7 M ha
- 24 % of land area
- Standing volume
- 6.0 bn m3
- growing stock, over bark
- Industrial roundwood
- 49.9 M m3/y
- production
Forest types
share of forest area- Primary 16.4 % · 11.9 M ha
- Other naturally regenerating 65.1 % · 47.4 M ha
- Other planted 4.4 % · 3.2 M ha
- Plantation 14.1 % · 10.2 M haone or two species, one age class
Tree species
share of growing stock- Sal 9.9 %
- Teak 4.1 %
- Chir pine 4.0 %
- Saja 3.5 %
- Kail 3.4 %
- Other species 75.1 %
All 15 reported species
- Sal9.9 %537 M m3Shorea robusta
- Teak4.1 %223 M m3Tectona grandis
- Chir pine4.0 %214 M m3furnish of 1 local facilityPinus roxburghii/longifolia
- Saja3.5 %187 M m3Terminalia crenulata
- Kail3.4 %186 M m3furnish of 1 local facilityPinus excelsa/wallichiana
- Dhauda2.6 %140 M m3Anogeissus latifolia
- Deodar2.5 %138 M m3Cedrus deodara
- Amb2.5 %134 M m3Mangifera indica
- Silver Fir2.3 %127 M m3Abies pindrow
- Mode2.2 %122 M m3Lannea coromandelica/lannea grandis/odina wodier
- Rubber Treeintroduced0.7 %35 M m3Hevea brasiliensis
- Safeda Neelgiriintroduced0.5 %26 M m3furnish of 5 local facilitiesEucalyptus sp
- Palm oilintroduced0.4 %21 M m3Elaeis guineensis
- Vilayati baboolintroduced0.2 %12 M m3furnish of 1 local facilityAcacia auriculiformis
- Keekarintroduced0.0 %1 M m3Prosopis juliflora
Introduced species hold 1.8 % of the reported growing stock. FAO ranks the ten largest native and five largest introduced species, together 38.8 % of the total.
The facilities on this page report Eucalyptus (5), Mixed Hardwood (5), Bamboo (5), Bagasse (3), Recycled Fiber (2) and Mixed agriculture waste (1) as furnish. The species matching that demand hold 8.1 % of the growing stock. Removals by species are not reported internationally, so this is a comparison of demand and standing forest, not a balance.
Forest, species and production figures: FAO FRA 2025 and FAOSTAT (2024-2025).
- Pulp mills
- 8
- Sawmills
- 0
- Operating
- 8
- Operating pulp capacity
- 1 269 000
- t/y pulp
- Sawn timber capacity
- -
Capacity is the sum over 5 of 8 operating pulp mills with a reported capacity (t/y). Data last updated 2026-08-25.
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| Mill | Raw material | Status | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Paper RajahmundryPulp millL.N. Bangur Group (via West Coast Paper Mills Ltd) | Hardwood | Operating | 200 000 t/y pulp |
| Ballarpur Industries (BILT)Pulp millFinquest Group | Hardwood | Operating | 300 000 t/y pulp |
| Century Pulp & PaperPulp millITC Limited | Hardwood | Operating | No data yet |
| ITC Paperboards Division BhadrachalamPulp millITC Limited | Hardwood | Operating | 350 000 t/y pulp |
| Seshasayee Paper (SPB)Pulp millSeshasayee Paper and Boards Limited | Hardwood | Operating | 154 000 t/y pulp |
| Sirpur Paper MillsPulp millJK Paper Limited | Hardwood | Operating | No data yet |
| Tamil Nadu Newsprint (TNPL)Pulp millTamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited | Hardwood | Operating | No data yet |
| West Coast Paper MillsPulp millWest Coast Paper Mills Limited | Mixed | Operating | 265 000 t/y pulp |
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