District-wise Forest Cover - Andhra Pradesh

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District Geographic
Area
(in km sq.)
 

           Forest

Cover   (in km

sq.)

 Scrub  
(in km sq.)
Dense Open Total Percent
Adilabad 16,128 3,871 2,180 6,051 37.52 123
Anantapur 19,130 182 329 511 2.67 992
Chittor 15,151 885 1,223 2,108 13.91 1,497
Cuddapah 15,359 1,858 1,490 3,348 21.80 1,347
East Godawari 10,807 2,421 1,089 3,510 32.48 152
Guntur 11,391 346 651 997 8.75 370
Hyderabad 217 46 335 381 4.94 235
Rangareddy 7,493 46 335 381 4.94 235
Karimnagar 11,823 920 708 1,628 13.77 163
Khamman 16,029 5,225 1,957 7,142 44.81 104
Krishna 8,727 79 195 274 3.14 249
Kurnool 17,658 1,501 629 2,130 12.06 470
Mahboobnagar 18,432 885 1,146 2,031 11.02 306
Medak 9,700 73 495 568 5.86 185
Nalgonda 14,240 75 119 194 1.36 339
Nellore 13,076 270 668 938 7.17 728
Nizamabad 7,956 260 864 1,124 14.13 92
Prakasham 17,626 1,385 1,619 3,004 17.04 933
Srikakulam 5,837 168 279 447 7.66 410
Vizianagaram 6,539 208 534 742 11.35 324
Vishakapatnam 11,161 1,986 1,350 3,336 29.89 738
Warangal 12,847 2,545 683 3,328 25.13 109
West Godawari 7,742 338 267 905 11.69 41
Total 275,069 25,827 18,810 44,637 16.23 9,907

  Source   :   Forest Survey of India, Dehradun. State of forest report 2001. Dehradun, FSI, 2002. p.42.