A4 DISTRICT WISE FOREST COVER

A4 DISTRICT WISE FOREST COVER

The unit of planning and development, in India is a district. Therefore, it is imperative to assess the extent of forest cover district-wise so that it may be used in integrated planning. Keeping this in view, district-wise forest cover assessment started in 1991 and this is the fourth attempt to assess the extent of forest cover in various districts of the country.

The total number of districts included in this is 437 which cover the entire geographic area of the country. Althoug the total number of districts in the country is about 540, it has not been possible to furnish forest cover information of each one of them as the boundaries of several districts are not available from SOI and also because district boundaries in many states have undergone frequent changes. As a result information in such cases has been clubbed. The extent of dense, open and mangrove forest cover and the scrub is given in Table 4.1 alongwith changes compared to 1995 assessment except for Andhra Pradesh where comparison is made with 1993 assessment.

Table A4.1 : Districtwise forest cover of Andhra Pradesh as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment						Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense		Open	Mangrove		Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest		Forest				to 1995
Andhra Pradesh
Adilabad	16,128	4,588		1,614	-		6,202	-220	327
Anantpur	19,130	-		389	-		389	Nil	847
Chittoor	15,152	162		1,104	-		1,266	Nil	2,241
Cuddapah	15,359	702		2,778	-		3,480	Nil	1,234
Godavari east	10,807	2,424		868	216		3,508	-83	113
Godavari west	7,742	605		278	-		883	22	44
Hyderabad	217
Rangareddi	7,493	-		343	-		343	62	216
Karimnagar	11,823	617		1,021	-		1,638	-325	327
Khammam	16,029	5,192		2,118	-		7,310	39	278
Krishna	8,727	44		81	111		236	Nil	170
Guntur	11,391
Nellore	13,076	2,591		3,766	56		6,413	Nil	2,617
Parkasam	17,626
Kurnool	17,658
Mehboob nagar	18,432	813		1,182	-		1,995	-2	639
Medak	9,699	10		424	-		434	20	301
Nalgonda	14,240	-		170	-		170	-10	379
Nizamabad	7,956	576		729	-		1,305	-112	283
Srikakulam	5,837
Visakhapatnam	11,161	2,312	2,147		-	4,459		-3,018	994
Vizianagaram	6,539
Warangal	12,846	2,412	847		-	3,259		-195	181
Total	275,068	23,048	19,859		383	43,290		-3,822	11,191

Table A4.2 : Districtwise forest cover of Arunachal Pradesh as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Arunachal Pradesh
Dibang Valley	13,029
Kameng East	4,134
Kameng West	9,594
Lohit	11,402
Siang East	6,512	54,155	14,447	-	68,602	-19	415
Siang West	12,006
Subansiri Upper	7,032
Subansiri Lower	13,010
Tirap	7,024
Total	83,743	54,155	14,447	-	68,602	-19	415

Table A4.3 : Districtwise forest cover of Assam as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Assam
Cachar	6,923
Darrang	8,805
Goalpara	10,301	13,771	7,789	_	21,560	-196	614
Kamrup	9,847
Karbi Anglong	10,434
Nowgong	5,535
North Cachar	4,888
Dibrugarh	7,170	1,090	128	-	1,218	-32	8
Lakhimpur	5,514	278	81	-	359	+3	1
Sibsagar	9,021	409	278	-	687	-12	12
Total	78,438	15,548	8,276	-	23,824	-237	635

Table A4.4: Districtwise forest cover of Bihar as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment					Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total		Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest				to 1995
Bihar
Aurangabad	3,305	50	76	-	126		+1	19
Begusarai	1,918	-	-	-	-		-	-
Bhagalpur	5,589	38	164	-	202		-1	18
Bhojpur	4,098	-	-	-	-		-	-
Champaran	5,228	581	225	-	806		+2	19
Paschim
Champaran Purbe	3,968	-	-	-	-		-	-
Darbhanga	2,279	-	-	-	-		-	-
Dhanbad	2,996	7	95	-	102		+2	43
Gaya	6,545	294	329	-	623		-3	55
Giridih	6,892	506	951	-	1,457		+1	94
Gopalganj	2,033	-	-	-	-		-	1
Hazaribagh	11,165	2,436	2,356	-	4,792		+8	207
Katihar	3,057	-	-	-	-		-	-
Madhubani	3,501	-	-	-	-		-	-
Munger	7,908	522	452	-	974		+6	59
Muzaffarpur	3,172	-	-	-	-		-	-
Nalanda	2,367	14	14	-	28		Nil	12
Nawada	2,494	259	211	-		470	+2	23
Palamu	12,749	2,726	2,077	-		4,803	-8	410
Patna	3,202	-	-	-		-	-	-
Purnia	7,943	5	14	-		19	Nil	-
Ranchi	18,266	2,095	2,416	-		4,511	-6	222
Rohtas	7,213	472	1,112	-		1,584	-13	89
Saharsa	5,900	-	-	-		-	-	-
Samastipur	2,904	-	-	-		-	-	-
Santhal Pargana	14,206	282	1,187	-		1,469	+16	393
Saran	2,641	-	-	-		-	-	-
Singhbhum	13,440	3,013	1,545	-		4,558	-44	252
Siwan	2,219	-	-	-		-	-	-
Sitamarhi	2,643	-	-	-		-	-	-
Vaishali	2,036	-	-	-		-	-	-
Total	173,877	13,300	13,224	-		26,524	-37	1,916

Table A4.5 : Districtwise forest cover of Delhi as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Delhi
Delhi	1,483	16	10	-	26	Nil	2
Total	1,483	16	10	-	26	Nil	2

Table A4.6 : Districtwise forest cover of Goa as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Goa
Goa	3,702	995	252	5	1,252	+5	16
Total	3,702	995	252	5	1,252	+5	16

Table A4.7 : Districtwise forest cover of Gujarat as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Gujarat
Ahmedabad	8,707	8	45	-	53	-1	92
Amreli	6,760	107	84	-	191	Nil	53
Banaskantha	12,703	433	313	-	746	-1	247
Bharuch	9,038	730	483	13	1,226	-16	143
Bhavnagar	11,155	29	92	20	141	-1	149
Gandhinagar	649	3	6	-	9	Nil	1
Jamnagar	14,125	21	138	118	277	Nil	81
Junagarh	10,607	1,132	476	-	1,608	Nil	78
Kheda	7,194	-	40	-	40	Nil	36
Kachchh	45,652	187	823	836	1,846	+300	537
Mehsana	9,027	-	32	-	32	Nil	92
Panchmahals	8,866	396	613	-	1,009	-14	475
Rajkot	11,203	4	76	-	80	Nil	67
Sabar Kantha	7,390	370	305	-	675	-1	285
Surat	7,657	907	384	4	1,295	Nil	41
Surendernagar	10,489	10	61	-	71	Nil	217
The Dangs	1,764	1,008	500	-	1,508	-2	2
Vadodara	7,794	206	293	-	499	-5	163
Valsad	5,244	786	486	-	1,272	-1	21
Total	196,024	6,337	5,250	991	12,578	+258	2,780

Table A4.8 : Districtwise forest cover of Haryana as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Haryana
Ambala	3,832	267	128	-	395	Nil	84
Bhiwani	5,099	8	14	-	22	+1	20
Faridabad	2,150	7	10	-	17	Nil	2
Gurgaon	2,716	13	17	-	30	-1	21
Hissar	6,315	11	2	-	13	Nil	15
Jind	3,306	5	1	-	6	Nil	-
Karnal	3,721	9	1	-	10	Nil	1
Kurukshetra	3,740	30	15	-	45	+1	-
Mahendragarh	3,009	13	26	-	39	Nil	11
Rohtak	3,841	5	12	-	17	Nil	3
Sirsa	4,276	1	-	-	1	Nil	-
Sonipat	2,207	1	8	-	9	Nil	-
Total	44,212	370	234	-	604	+1	157

Table A4.9 : Districtwise forest cover of Himachal Pradesh as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Himachal Pradesh
Bilaspur	1,167	59	99	-	158	+1	11
Chamba	6,528	1,768	293	-	2,061	+1	202
Hamirpur	1,118	150	73	-	223	Nil	4
Kangra	5,739	1,071	673	-	1,744	Nil	118
Kinnaur	6,401	541	91	-	632	+3	712
Kullu	5,503	1,907	137	-	2,044	Nil	37
Lahaul Spiti	13,835	49	34	-	83	Nil	260
Mandi	3,950	848	467	-	1,315	+6	79
Shimla	5,131	2,084	341	-	2,425	Nil	176
Sirmaur	2,825	736	288	-	1,024	+5	111
Solan	1,936	173	249	-	422	+4	88
Una	1,540	174	216	-	390	Nil	27
Total	55,673	9,560	2,961	-	12,521	+20	1,825

Table A4.10 : Districtwise forest cover of Jammu & Kashmir as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Jammu & Kashmir
Anantnag	7,201	1,476	718	-	2,194	+2	208
Baramula	9,319	1,675	817	-	2,492	Nil	167
Chilas	4,226	180	554	-	734	Nil	556
Gilgit	34,896	10	149	-	159	Nil	739
Gilgitwzart	4,376	17	165	-	182	Nil	192
Jammu	2,972	298	446	-	744	Nil	130
Kathua	2,651	413	661	-	1,074	Nil	-
Ladakh	120,827	-	20	-	20	Nil	108
Mirpur	4,212	564	925	-	1,489	Nil	120
Muzaffarabad	6,245	1,660	955	-	2,615	Nil	216
Punch	4,231	683	699	-	1,382	Nil	44
Riasi	4,635	922	1,317	-	2,239	Nil	16
Tribal Territory	2,731	288	349	-	637	+3	377
Udhampur	13,713	2,834	1,645	-	4,479	+2	215
Total	222,235	11,020	9,420	-	20,440	+7	3,088

Table A4.11: Districtwise forest cover of Karnataka as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Karnataka
Bangalore	8,005	167	515	-	682	+6	329
Belgaum	13,415	915	168	-	1083	+2	730
Bellary	9,885	123	575	-	698	Nil	460
Bidar	5,448	5	40	-	45	Nil	33
Bijapur	17,069	-	34	-	34	Nil	435
Chikmanglur	7,201	2950	377	-	3327	-2	131
Chitradurga	10,852	38	294	-	332	Nil	461
Dharwad	13,738	394	341	-	735	+3	188
Gulbarga	16,224	94	91	-	185	-4	170
Hasan	6,814	854	179	-	1033	Nil	267
Kannada Dakshina	8,441	2768	886	2	3656	+11	2
Kannada Uttara	10,291	7375	426	1	7802	-14	49
Kodagu	4,102	3278	63	-	3341	-1	50
Kolar	8,223	12	400	-	412	+28	417
Mandya	4,961	6	252	-	258	Nil	62
Mysore	11,954	1830	1632	-	3462	+1	206
Raichur	14,017	-	-	-	-	Nil	34
Shimoga	10,553	4026	888	-	4914	-9	168
Tumkur	10,598	19	385	-	404	Nil	374
Total	191,791	24854	7546	3	32403	21	4566

Table A4.12 : Districtwise forest cover of Kerala as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Kerala
Alleppey	1,883	7	-	-	7	Nil	-
Cannanore
Kozhikode	9,398	1332	369	-	1701	Nil	7
Wyanad
Ernakulam	2,408	251	21	-	272	Nil	-
Idukki	5,061	2239	297	-	2536	Nil	8
Kottayam	2,204	57	24	-	81	Nil	2
Malappuram	3,674	724	103	-	827	Nil	-
Palghat	4,392	945	428	-	1373	Nil	56
Quilon	4,620	1775	488	-	2263	-2	-
Trichur	3,031	807	73	-	880	Nil	1
Trivendrum	2,192	317	77	-	394	Nil	9
Total	38,863	8454	1880	-	10334	-2	83

Table A4.13 : Districtwise forest cover of Madhya Pradesh as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Madhya Pradesh
Balaghat	9,229	3921	849	-	4770	-149	7
Bastar	39,114	15851	7287	-	23138	+751	44
Betul	10,043	2964	635	-	3599	+39	17
Bhind	4,459	5	42	-	47	-25	18
Bhopal	2,772	40	257	-	297	+64	59
Bilaspur	19,897	5091	1316	-	6407	-515	23
Chattarpur	8,687	844	715	-	1559	-52	56
Chhindwara	11,815	2,709	1,965	-	4,674	+265	51
Damoh	7,306	721	2,257	-	2,978	-147	64
Datia	2,038	40	53	-	93	+26	20
Dewas	7,020	1,103	535	-	1,638	-168	0
Dhar	8,153	120	514	-	634	+70	26
Durg	8,537	453	263	-	716	-3	9
Guna	11,065	458	1,514	-	1,972	-628	59
Gwalior	5,214	559	845	-	1,404	+159	67
Hoshangabad	10,037	2,829	459	-	3,288	-69	0
Indore	3,898	225	199	-	424	-96	9
Jabalpur	10,160	1,087	916	-	2,003	-137	187
Jhabua	6,782	364	459	-	823	-221	38
Mandsaur	9,791	465	726	-	1,191	-44	119
Mandla	13,269	4,628	1,092	-	5,720	+358	17
Morena	11,594	2,779	1,624	-	4,403	-250	722
Narsimhapur	5,133	773	572	-	1,345	+103	27
Nimar East	10,779	2,327	1,081	-	3,408	-695	-
Nimar West	13,450	957	1,061	-	2,018	-888	194
Panna	7,135	895	1,814	-	2,709	-231	207
Raigarh	12,924	2,945	1,685	-	4,630	+154	80
Raipur	21,258	4,518	1,721	-	6,239	-611	33
Raisen	8,466	1,659	932	-	2,591	+55	64
Rajgarh	6,154	20	104	-	124	-249	30
Rajnandgaon	11,127	2,854	908	-	3,762	-216	9
Ratlam	4,861	-	164	-	164	-91	90
Rewa	6,314	206	354	-	560	+9	68
Sagar	10,252	1,276	1,388	-	2,664	+320	56
Satna	7,502	554	1,050	-	1,604	-89	156
Sehore	6,578	589	759	-	1,348	+18	18
Seoni	8,758	2,151	1,020	-	3,171	+197	22
Shahdol	14,028	1,991	2,186	-	4,177	-209	145
Shajapur	6,196	-	-	-	-	-	5
Shivpuri	10,278	931	1,400	-	2,331	-152	284
Sidhi	10,526	2,409	1,614	-	4,023	+126	91
Surguja	22,337	8,148	3,395	-	11,543	-535	27
Tikamgarh	5,048	46	173	-	219	-31	83
Ujjain	6,091	-	1	-	1	+1	-
Vidisha	7,371	240	547	-	787	-182	20
Total	443,446	82,745	48,450	-	131,195	-3969	3,320

Table A4.14 : Districtwise forest cover of Maharashtra as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment					Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open		Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest				to 1995
Maharashtra
Ahmednagar	17,048	46	123		-	169	+38	398
Akola	10,575	160	387		-	547	+139	48
Amravati	12,212	1,389	1,898		-	3,287	+468	110
Aurangabad	16,305	100	340		-	440	+176	675
Bhandara	9,213	1,580	1,325		-	2,905	+50	124
Beed	11,085	-	40		-	40	+5	329
Bombay city	157	-	-		2	2	-	-
Bombay suburban	446	32	18		46	96	-2	14
Buldana	9,661	120	351		-	471	-149	99
Chandrapur	25,923	9,608	4,502		-	14,110	+177	294
Dhule	13,150	462	1,509		-	1,971	-506	323
Jalgaon	11,765	600	759	-		1,359	+234	200
Kolaba	7,148	1,048	949	34		2,031	+376	473
Kolhapur	8,047	595	691	-		1,286	-33	96
Nagpur	9,931	878	912	-		1,790	+43	120
Nanded	10,502	618	251	-		869	-42	56
Nasik	15,530	303	706	-		1,009	+59	1,335
Osmanabad	14,210	-	6	-		6	-2	67
Parbhani	12,561	23	169	-		192	+135	39
Pune	15,642	483	788	-		1,271	+491	1,054
Ratnagiri (North)	13,054	1,986	3,768	-		5,754	+128	259
Ratnagiri (South)
Sangli	8,572	55	29	-		84	+3	21
Satara	10,484	283	367	-		650	+124	413
Sholapur	15,017	-	10	-		10	-23	5
Thane	9,558	1,170	1,331	42		2,543	+133	711
Wardha	6,310	277	394	-		671	-69	53
Yawatmal	13,584	1,806	774	-		2,580	+347	64
Total	307,690	23,622	22,397	124		46,143	+2300	7,380

Table A4.15 : Districtwise forest cover of Manipur as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Manipur
Manipur central	2,238
Tengnon Pal	3,313	847	2,329	-	3,176	-61	342
Manipur East	4,544	1,396	2,868	-	4,264	+315	18
Manipur North	3,271	730	1,529	-	2,259	-93	347
Manipur South	4,570	931	2,904	-	3,835	-162	164
Manipur West	4,391	1,033	2,851	-	3,884	-139	40
Total	22,327	4,937	12,481	-	17,418	-140	911

Table A4.16 : Districtwise forest cover of Meghalaya as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Meghalaya
Garo Hills East	2,603
Garo Hills West	5,564
Khasi Hills East	5,196	4,044	11,613	-	15,657	-57	849
Khasi Hills West	5,247
Jaintia Hills	3,819
Total	22,429	4,044	11,613	-	15,657	-57	849

Table A4.17 : Districtwise forest cover of Mizoram as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Mizoram
Aizwal	12,588
Chhimtuipui	3,957	4,348	14,427	-	18,775	+199	937
Lunglei	4,536
Total	21,081	4,348	14,427	-	18,775	+199	937

Table A4.18 : Districtwise forest cover of Nagaland as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Nagaland
Kohima	4,041	1,471	1,824	-	3,295	-21	11
Mon	1,786	377	1,222	-	1,599	-4	6
Mokokchung	1,615	169	1,236	-	1,405	-1	17
Phek	2,026	308	1,471	-	1,779	-18	2
Tuensang	4,228	780	2,818	-	3,598	-4	24
Wokha	1,628	316	1,157	-	1,473	-4	4
Zunheboto	1,255	66	1,006	-	1,072	-18	6
Total	16,579	3,487	10,734	-	14,221	-70	70

Table A4.19 : Districtwise forest cover of Orissa as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Orissa
Angul	6,232	1,620	891	-	2,511	+69	191
Balangir	6,569	413	452	-	865	+46	128
Baleshwar	3,634	175	128	3	306	-	38
Bhadrak	2,677	-	-	17	17	-2	-
Bargarh	5,834	480	444	-	924	+10	114
Boudh	3,444	892	417	-	1,309	+1	111
Cuttack	3,733	372	183	-	555	+15	200
Deogarh	2,787	872	509	-	1,381	Nil	12
Dhenkanal	4,595	648	433	-	1,081	+29	279
Gajpati	3,850	679	1,771	-	2,450	+2	258
Ganjam	8,706	1,215	945	-	2,160	-4	693
Jagatsinghpur	1,973	-	18	10	28	-3	1
Jajpur	2,888	110	64	-	174	+6	107
Jharsguda	2,200	124	158	-	282	-2	69
Kalahandi	8,364	1,000	919	-	1,919	-5	418
Kendarpara	2,548	-	14	181	195	-3	1
Keonjhar	8,303	1,739	1,804	-	3,543	-148	144
Khurda	2,889	137	180	-	317	+23	200
Koraput	7,897	504	840	-	1,344	-51	342
Malkangiri	6,190	1,019	1,266	-	2,285	-94	118
Mayurbhanj	10,418	3,237	615	-	3,852	-206	16
Nawapara	3,408	592	551	-	1,143	-2	105
Nawrangpur	5,294	813	410	-	1,223	-21	70
Nayagarh	4,242	1,031	609	-	1,640	+37	226
Phulbani	7,650	2,403	2,714	-	5,117	+128	360
Puri	3,051	58	58	-	116	-6	-
Rayagada	7,580	972	1,729	-	2,701	+13	810
Sambalpur	6,698	2,202	970	-	3,172	-8	144
Sonepur	2,344	160	160	-	320	+12	50
Sundergarh	9,712	2,634	1,377	-	4,011	-2	256
Total	155,707	26,101	20,629	211	46,941	-166	5,461

Table A4.20 : Districtwise forest cover of Punjab as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Punjab
Amritsar	5,087	-	9	-	9	Nil	3
Bhatinda	5,551	1	23	-	24	+20	-
Faridkot	5,740	-	8	-	8	+1	-
Ferozepur	5,874	3	1	-	4	+3	5
Gurdaspur	3,562	75	98	-	173	+2	46
Hoshiarpur	3,881	286	431	-	717	Nil	46
Jalandhar	3,401	-	1	-	1	+1	-
Kapurthala	1,633	-	6	-	6	+6	-
Ludhiana	3,857	8	20	-	28	+8	-
Patiala	4,584	38	26	-	64	+1	3
Roopnagar or Ropar	2,085	97	248	-	345	+1	13
Sangrur	5,107	3	5	-	8	+2	-
Total	50,362	511	876	-	1,387	+45	116

Table A4.21: Districtwise forest cover of Rajasthan as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Rajasthan
Ajmer	8,481	50	104	-	154	+6	191
Alwar	8,380	310	822	-	1,132	+7	487
Banswara	5,037	45	303	-	348	+2	181
Barmer	28,387	-	41	-	41	+3	78
Bharatpur	8,100	122	492	-	614	-1	270
Bhilwara	10,455	10	129	-	139	Nil	180
Bikaner	27,244	-	38	-	38	Nil	69
Bundi	5,550	78	292	-	370	+11	229
Chittaurgarh	10,856	417	1,145	-	1,562	+3	431
Churu	16,830	-	3	-	3	Nil	15
Dungarpur	3,770	79	139	-	218	+2	133
Ganganagar	20,634	-	26	-	26	Nil	-
Jaipur	14,068	40	388	-	428	+24	471
Jaisalmer	38,401	33	43	-	76	+3	86
Jalore	10,640	21	111	-	132	Nil	152
Jhalawar	6,219	14	287	-	301	Nil	228
Jhunjhunun	5,928	-	55	-	55	Nil	157
Jodhpur	22,850	2	65	-	67	Nil	45
Kota	12,436	259	1,306	-	1,565	+5	763
Nagaur	17,718	1	30	-	31	Nil	69
Pali	12,387	199	414	-	613	+6	234
Sawai Madhopur	10,527	239	1,014	-	1,253	Nil	784
Sikar	7,732	-	94	-	94	Nil	214
Sirohi	5,136	341	432	-	773	+1	356
Tonk	7,194	16	56	-	72	Nil	64
Udaipur	17,279	1,414	1,834	-	3,248	+1	894
Total	342,239	3,690	9,663	-	13,353	+73	6,781

Table A4.22 : Districtwise forest cover of Sikkim as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Sikkim
Sikkim North	4,226
Sikkim South	750	2,423	706	-	3,129	+2	439
Sikkim East	954
Sikkim West	1,166
Total	7,096	2,423	706	-	3,129	+2	439

Table A4.23 : Districtwise forest cover of Tamil Nadu as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Tamil Nadu*
Arcot North	12,268	1,043	1,213	-	2,256	Nil	534
Arcot South	10,895	267	722	9	998	+2	55
Chengal Pattu	7,863	89	206	-	295	+5	56
Coimbatore	7,469	964	368	-	1,332	Nil	70
Dharmapuri	9,622	1,154	1,106	-	2,260	-6	450
Kanyakumari	1,684	294	156	-	450	Nil	71
Periyar	8,209	1,090	926	-	2,016	+4	77
Tirunelveli	11,429	676	304	-	980	+8	153
Madras	170	-	5	-	5	Nil	-
Madurai	12,624	1,066	1,066	-	2,132	+1	787
Nilgiri	2,549	964	605	-	1,569	Nil	13
Ramanathpuram	12,590	186	352	-	538	Nil	53
Salem	8,650	695	600	-	1,295	+1	340
Thanjavur	8,280
Trichurapalli	11,095	188	738	12	938	+4	173
Pudukkotai	4,661
Total	130,058	8,676	8,367	21	17,064	+19	2,832

* Note: From the forest cover of Tamil Nadu an area of 721 sq.km. shown as forest cover in previous assessments has now been classified as tea gardens under non-forest category. This area includes 165 sq.km. in Coimbatore, 23 sq.km. in Madurai, 516 sq.km. in Nilgiris and 17 sq.km. in Tirunelveli districts.

Table A4.24 : Districtwise forest cover of Tripura as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Tripura
North Tripura	3,872
South Tripura	3,581	1,819	3,727	-	5,546	+8	150
West Tripura	3,033
Total	10,486	1,819	3,727	-	5,546	+8	150

Table A4.25 : Districtwise forest cover of Uttar Pradesh as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Uttar Pradesh
Agra	4,027	25	154	-	179	Nil	141
Aligarh	5,019	-	2	-	2	Nil	-
Allahabad	7,261	17	34	-	51	Nil	15
Almora	5,385	2,071	466	-	2,537	Nil	21
Azamgarh	4,234	-	3	-	3	Nil	-
Behraich	6,877	589	214	-	803	Nil	-
Ballia	2,982	-	-	-	-	-	-
Banda	7,624	331	272	-	603	Nil	32
Barabanki	4,401	-	22	-	22	Nil	-
Bareilly	4,120	-	-	-	-	-	-
Basti	3,733	-	12	-	12	Nil	-
Bijnore	4,561	260	78	-	338	Nil	4
Budaun	5,168	-	10	-	10	Nil	24
Bulandshahar	4,352	1	21	-	22	Nil	8
Chamoli	9,125	2,530	622	-	3,152	Nil	22
Dehradun	3,088	1,243	327	-	1,570	Nil	90
Deoria	5,445	6	2	-	8	Nil	-
Etah	4,446	3	5	-	8	Nil	-
Etawah	4,326	4	138	-	142	Nil	84
Faizabad	4,511	-	4	-	4	Nil	-
Farrukhabad	4,274	1	6	-	7	Nil	-
Fatehpur	4,152	-	3	-	3	Nil	-
Firozabad	2,361	-	29	-	29	Nil	25
Garhwal	5,440	2,207	969	-	3,176	Nil	115
Ghaziabad	2,590	3	8	-	11	+5	-
Ghazipur	3,377	-	1	-	1	Nil	-
Gonda	7,352	503	99	-	602	+1	-
Gorakhpur	6,272	356	113	-	469	Nil	-
Hamirpur	7,165	-	181	-	181	Nil	36
Hardoi	5,986	5	13	-	18	Nil	-
Hardwar	2,360	288	297	-	585	Nil	-
Jalaun	4,565	-	132	-	132	Nil	28
Jaunpur	4,038	-	6	-	6	Nil	-
Jhansi	5,024	-	143	-	143	Nil	63
Kanpur-Nagar	1,065	3	2	-	5	Nil	-
Kanpur-Dehat	5,111	-	5	-	5	Nil	13
Kheri	7,680	899	411	-	1,310	Nil	-
Lalitpur	5,039	215	321	-	536	Nil	45
Lucknow	2,528	7	22	-	29	Nil	-
Mainpuri	2,760	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mathura	3,811	1	15	-	16	Nil	-
Mau	1,713	-	4	-	4	Nil	-

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		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Meerut	3,911	-	28	-	28	Nil	-
Mirzapur	4,522	52	686	-	738	Nil	41
Moradabad	5,967	-	21	-	21	Nil	16
Muzaffarnagar	4,009	-	33	-	33	Nil	-
Nainital	6,794	2,928	640	-	3,568	Nil	5
Pilibhit	3,499	448	258	-	706	Nil	-
Pithoragarh	8,856	2,188	808	-	2,996	Nil	141
Pratapgarh	3,717	-	2	-	2	Nil	-
Raibareilly	4,609	-	13	-	13	Nil	-
Rampur	2,367	-	36	-	36	Nil	-
Saharanpur	3,689	109	216	-	325	+2	-
Shahjahanpur	4,575	82	15	-	97	Nil	-
Siddharthnagar	3,495	7	17	-	24	Nil	-
Sitapur	5,743	6	7	-	13	Nil	-
Sonbhadra	6,788	1,088	1,362	-	2,450	Nil	26
Sultanpur	4,436	-	13	-	13	Nil	-
Tehri Garhwal	4,421	1,811	749	-	2,560	Nil	132
Uttar Kashi	8,016	2,634	465	-	3,099	Nil	41
Unnao	4,558	2	12	-	14	Nil	-
Varanasi	5,091	35	489	-	524	Nil	2
Total	294,411	22,958	11,036	-	33,994	+8	1,170

Table A4.26 : Districtwise forest cover of West Bengal as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

			1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic		Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared		Scrub
District	area		Forest	Forest			to 1995
West Bengal
Bankura		6,882	226	641	-	867	+17		18
Birbhum		4,545
Bardhaman		7,024
Calcutta		104
Hoogli		3,149
Howrah		1,467
Maldah		3,733	589	1,096	2,123	3,808	+38		54
Midnapore		14,081
Murshidabad		5,324
Nadia		3,927
24 Parganas		14,136
West Dinajpuri		5,358
Coochbehar		3,387	12	20	-	32		Nil		1
Darjeeling		3,149	1,099	356	-	1,455		+7		-
Jalpaiguri		6,227	1,450	130	-	1,580		+2		4
Purulia		6,259	181	426	-	607		+9		32
Total		88,752	3,557	2,669	2,123	8,349		+73		109

Table A4.27 : Districtwise forest cover of Andaman &Nicober Islands as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

1997 Assessment

Change

State/UT

Geographic

Dense

Open

Mangrove

Total

Compared

Scrub

District

area

Forest

to 1995

Andaman & Nicobar Island

Andamans

6,268

4869

929

5890

-2

Nicobars

1981

1,651

1723

Nil

Total

8,249

6,520

127

966

7,613

-2

Table A4.28 : Districtwise forest cover of Chandigarh as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Chandigarh
Chandigarh	114	6	1	-	7	Nil	-
Total	114	6	1	-	7	Nil	-

Table A4.29 : Districtwise forest cover of Dadra & Nagar Haveli as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

			1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic		Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area		Forest	Forest			to 1995
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Dadra & Nagar Haveli		491	159	45	-	204	Nil	12
Total	491		159	45	-	204	Nil	12

Table A4.30 : Districtwise forest cover of Daman & Diu as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Daman & Diu
Daman	72	-	1	-	1	Nil	-
Diu	40	-	2	-	2	Nil	-
Total	112	-	3	-	3	Nil	-

Table A4.31 : Districtwise forest cover of Lakshdweep as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Lakshdweep
Lakshdweep	32	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	32	-	-	-	-	-	-

Table A4.32 : Districtwise forest cover of Pondicherry as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)

		1997 Assessment				Change
State/UT	Geographic	Dense	Open	Mangrove	Total	Compared	Scrub
District	area	Forest	Forest			to 1995
Pondicherry
Karaikal	161	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mahe	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pondicherry	293	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yanam	30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	493	-	-	-	-	-	-