Organisation Structure

Organisational Structure

THE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT

The Kerala Forest Department is headed by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest Force). In the Headquarters, he is assisted by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Chief Wildlife Warden, and the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Social Forestry).

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Administrative Setup

ADMINISTRATIVE SET UP OF KERALA FOREST DEPARTMENT

Circles	Circles	Divisions	Ranges	Sections	Beats
Territorial	5	25	74	177	303
Wildlife	3	11	19	48	49
Vigilance	2	8	19	25	90
Social Forestry	3	14	37	223	-
Timber Sales	-	6	-	-	-
TOTAL	13	65	149	473	442

Staff Strength

Sl. No.	Name of post	Sanctioned Strength	In Position
1	Principal Chief Conservator of Forests	5	5
2	Addl. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests	6	6
3	Chief Conservator of Forests	12	11
4	Conservator of Forests	13	12
5	Dy. Conservator of Forest (IFS Cadre)	35	30
6	Forest Tribunal	1	1
7	Joint Secretary ( Law )	1	1
8	Senior Finance Officer	1	1
9	Senior Administrative Officer	1	1
10	Deputy Director (Statistics)	1	1
11	Deputy Director ( Wildlife Education)	3	3
12	Asst. Conservator of Forests/ Deputy Conservator of Forests (NC)	101	101
13	Senior Administrative Assistant	9	9
14	Administrative Assistant	12	12
15	Personal Assistant	3	3
16	Senior Superintendent	36	36
17	Range Forest Officer	205	187
18	Deputy Range Forest Officer	158	147
19	Public Relation Officer	1	1
20	Assistant Forest Publicity Officer	3	2
21	Junior Superintendent	71	71
22	Head Accountant	74	74
23	Research Assistant	3	4
24	Senior Wildlife Assistant	3	3
25	Wildlife Assistant	7	5
26	Senior Clerk	443	443
27	Clerk	446	401
28	Statistical Assistant Grade. II & I	34	33
29	Fair copy Superintendent	8	7
30	Selection Grade Typist	33	33
31	Senior Grade Typist	33	33
32	Typist Clerk	1	1
33	UD Typist	33	33
34	LD Typist	34	33
35	Confidential Assistant	39	34
36	Legal Assistant	1	1
37	Section Officer (Law)	1	1
38	Forest Veterinary Officer	1	1
39	Veterinary Doctor	1	1
40	Asst. Forest Veterinary Officer (on deputation)	12	11
41	Documentation Officer	1	0
42	Asst. Director (Survey)	1	1
43	Survey Superintendent	2	2
44	Surveyor Grade I & II	66	34
45	Bench Clerk(on deputation)	1	1
46	Head Surveyor	2	2
47	Section Forest Officer	952	858
48	Beat Forest Officer	2618	2371
49	Sheristadar cum Secretary	1	1
50	Head Draftsman	2	2
51	Draftsman	45	20
52	Circle Inspector of Police	2	1
53	SI of Police	4	1
54	Senior Civil Police Officer	22	10
55	Civil Police Officer	110	32
56	Librarian	1	1
57	Project Operator	1	0
58	Pharmacist	2	1
59	Dispensary Attender	1	0
60	Nursing Assistant	1	0
61	Binder	2	1
62	PT Instructor	6	1
63	Record cum Store Keeper	3	0
64	Museum Assistant	1	0
65	Office Attendant	420	401
66	Peon cum Sweeper	1	1
67	Daffedar	1	1
68	Attender	18	18
69	Dark Room Attender	1	0
70	Driver	247	221
71	Photographer cum Artist	1	0
72	Gardner	4	1
73	Traker cum Gardner	3	0
74	Gardner cum Marker	1	1
75	Cleaner	2	0
76	Watcher & Forest Watcher	55	263
77	Muduvan Watcher	8	8
78	Night Watcher	25	20
79	RF Watcher	157	62
80	Depot Watcher	86	44
81	Tribal Watcher	700	685
82	Watcher cum Cook	6	1
83	Tapal Watcher	3	0
84	Rest House Watcher	1	0
85	Scavenger/Sanitary Worker	1	1
86	Cook/Asst. Cook	1	0
87	Boat Driver	12	6
88	Boat Zrang	1	0
89	Boat Watcher	6	0
90	Boat Cleaner/Cleaner	3	0
91	Lascar	4	1
92	Survey Lascar	11	2
93	Mahouts & Kavadi	26	20
94	Timber Supervisor	1	0
95	Pump Operator	1	1
96	Lab Assistant	1	0
97	Radio Mechanic	1	0
98	Helper	1	0
99	Bus Cleaner	1	1
100	Chowkeedar	1	0
101	Part Time Contingent Employees	293	293
102	Chief Forest Veterinary Officer (on deputation)	1	1
103	Police Asst. Sub Inspector	Nil	2
Total		7836	7174

Details as on 31.03.2018

Source: Kerala Forest Statistics Report 2018