District-wise Forest Cover - Chhattisgarh

  Number of districts : 16                                                                                                                                   Back

District Geographic Area   2005 Assessment Percent of G.A. Change Scrub
Very dense forest Mod. dense forest Open forest Total
BastarT 14,974 750 5,142 2,126 8,018 53.55 -23 2
BilaspurT 8,270 222 1,681 598 2,501 30.24 -3 5
DantewaraT 17,634 746 6,245 4,337 11,328 64.24 0 15
DurgT 8,549 31 513 223 767 8.97 -6 3
Janjgir 3,852 4 51 101 156 4.05 0 2
Jashpur 5,838 3 1,577 622 2,202 37.72 -9 12
KankerT 6,506 124 2,171 837 3,132 48.14 -29 1
Kawardha 4,223 0 1,245 365 1,610 38.12 -10 2
Korba 6,599 149 2,186 1,016 3,351 50.78 -6 7
Koriya 6,604 54 2,607 1,475 4,136 62.63 0 4
Mahasamund 4,789 0 561 395 956 19.96 -6 6
RaigarhT 7,086 0 1,883 659 2,542 35.87 -4 9
Raipur & Dhamtari 16,468 47 3,831 1,575 5,453 33.11 -10 4
RajnandgaonT 8,068 3 1,716 817 2,536 31.43 -10 4
SargujaT 15,731 123 5,063 1,989 7,175 45.61 -13 15
Total 135,191 2,256 36,472 17,135 55,863 41.32 -129 91

  Source   :   Forest Survey of India, Dehradun. State of forest report 2005. Dehradun, FSI, 2008. p.64.