District-wise Forest Cover - Uttaranchal

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District Geographic
Area
(in km sq.)
 

           Forest

Cover   (in km

sq.)

 Scrub  
(in km sq.)
Dense Open Total Percent
Almora 3,139 1,143 352 1,495 47.63 10
Bageshwar 2,246 1,079 218 1,297 57.75 11
Chamoli 8,030 2,115 468 2,583 32.17 24
Champawat 1,766 973 152 1,125 63.70 9
Dehradun 3,088 1,124 362 1,486 48.12 71
Garhwal 5,329 2,492 650 3,142 58.96 95
Haridwar 2,360 418 194 612 25.93 0
Nainital 4,251 2,645 463 3,108 73.11 14
Pithoragarh 7,090 1,670 363 2,033 28.67 71
Rudra Prayag 1,984 880 273 1,153 58.11 16
Tehri Garhwal 3,642 1,437 627 2,064 56.67 176
Udhamsingh Nagar 2,542 623 146 769 30.25 0
Uttarkashi 8,016 2,424 647 3,071 38.31 101
Total 53,483 19,023 4,915 23,938 44.76 598

  Source   :   Forest Survey of India, Dehradun. State of forest report 2001. Dehradun, FSI, 2002. p.99.