District-wise Forest Cover - Chhattisgarh

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District Geographic
Area
(in km sq.)		  

           Forest

Cover   (in km

sq.)

  Scrub  
(in km sq.)
Dense Open Total Percent
Bastar 14,974 5,817 2,385 8,202 54.77 1
Bilaspur 8,270 2,093 409 409 30.25 17
Dantewara 17,634 7,451 4,601 4,601 68.35 10
Durg 8,549 553 233 786 9.19 9
Janjgir-Champa 3,852 72 72 144 3.74 4
Jashpur 5,838 1,249 904 2,153 36.88 14
Kanker 6,506 2,386 910 3,296 50.66 12
Kawardha 6,745 1,097 476 1,573 23.32 21
Korba 6,599 2,287 1,035 3,322 50.34 10
Koriya 6,604 2,748 1,319 4,067 61.58 15
Mahasamud 4,789 641 319 960 20.05 26
Raipur 13,083 3,183 2,025 5,208 31.62 18
Dhamtari 3,385 3,183 2,025 5,208 31.62 18
Raigarh 7,086 1,339 1,175 2,514 35.48 4
Rajnandgaon 5,546 1,563 936 2,499 45.06 7
Surguja 15,731 5,401 1,769 7,710 45.58 32
Total 135,191 37,880 18,568 56,448 41.75 200

     Source   :   Forest Survey of India, Dehradun. State of forest report 2001. Dehradun, FSI, 2002. p.50.