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The Sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn.) of south and northern continental Southeast Asia form mono-specific canopies in dry deciduous, moist deciduous forests. These Sal forest ecosystems are the source of ecosystem services, besides harbouring rich biodiversity. The model results show that projected climate change impacts on Sal species have the potential to trigger significant ecosystem-level responses, important ramification on “Forest Management Regime” and dependent socio-economic life of Jharkhand. This paper has made an assessment of the most probable distribution zones of Shorea robusta for current (2020) and future climatic scenarios (2040) in Jharkhand using Maxent Species Distribution Modeling. It further assessed the impacts of climate change on the potential distribution area of Sal for all three agro-climatic sub-zone IV, sub-zone V and sub-zone VI in Jharkhand state under varying climatic …