District-wise Forest Cover - Sikkim

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District Geographic
Area
(in km sq.)		  

           Forest

Cover   (in km

sq.)

  Scrub  
(in km sq.)
Dense Open Total Percent
East Sikkim 954 571 99 670 71.23 85
North Sikkim 4,226 836 465 1,301 30.79 204
South Sikkim 750 414 96 510 68.00 0
West Sikkim 1,166 570 142 712 61.06 52
Total 7,096 2,391 802 3,193 45.00 341
  Source   :   Forest Survey of India, Dehradun. State of forest report 2001. Dehradun, FSI, 2002. p.89.