District-wise Forest Cover - Himachal Pradesh

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District Geographic
Area
(in km sq.)
 

           Forest

Cover   (in km

sq.)

 Scrub  
(in km sq.)
Dense Open Total Percent
Bilaspur 1,167 135 166 301 25.79 10
Chamba 6,522 1,652 690 2,342 35.91 31
Hamirpur 1,118 181 93 274 24.51 2
Kangra 5,739 1,719 311 2,030 35.37 38
Kinnaur 6,401 432 215 647 10.11 113
Kulu 5,503 1,749 366 2,115 38.43 20
Lahul & Spiti 13,841 36 118 154 1.11 84
Mandi 3,950 1,112 544 1,656 41.92 42
Shimla 5,131 1,878 566 2,444 47.63 56
Sirmaur 2,825 755 357 1,112 39.36 92
Solan 1,936 459 224 683 35.28 61
Una 1,540 321 281 602 39.09 17
Total 55,673 10,429 3,931 14,360 25.79 566

  Source   :   Forest Survey of India, Dehradun. State of forest report 2001. Dehradun, FSI, 2002. p.60.