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Jharkhand accounts for 3.4% of the total forest
cover of the country and ranks 10th among all
states. Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest
cover accounting for almost 11.2% of the total
forest in the country followed by Arunachal
Pradesh (10.01%), Chhattisgarh (8.25%), Orissa
(7.15%) and Maharashtra (7%).
Forest area in Jharkhand vis-a-vis India (in Sq. Km.)
Source : Jharkhand statistics profile 2006
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Items |
Jharkhand |
India |
Jharkhand as % of India |
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Geographical Area |
79714 |
3287263 |
2.42 |
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Reserved Forest |
4387.2 |
399919 |
1.10 |
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Protected Forest |
19184.78 |
238434 |
8.05 |
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Un-Classified Forest |
33.49 |
136387 |
0.02 |
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Recorded Forest Cover
(Total of item 2 to 4) |
23605.47 |
774740 |
3.05 |
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% of Forest Area to
Goegraphical Area |
29.61 |
23.57 |
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sDistrict wise
forest cover in Jharkhand |
|
District |
Geographic
area |
Forest
Cover |
|
Scrub |
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Dense
forest |
Open forest |
Total |
Percent |
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Bokaro |
1,929 |
270 |
304 |
574 |
29.76 |
58 |
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Chatra |
3,732 |
945 |
950 |
1,895 |
50.78 |
35 |
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Deoghar |
2,479 |
13 |
15 |
88 |
3.55 |
3 |
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Dhanbad |
2,996 |
70 |
104 |
174 |
5.81 |
21 |
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Dumka
(includes Jamtara) |
6,212 |
231 |
257 |
488 |
7.86 |
109 |
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Garhwa |
4,092 |
670 |
705 |
1,375 |
33.60 |
59 |
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Giridih |
4,963 |
324 |
459 |
783 |
15.78 |
26 |
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Godda |
2,110 |
163 |
227 |
390 |
18.48 |
22 |
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Gumla
(includes Simdega) |
9,077 |
1,231 |
1,255 |
2,486 |
27.39 |
58 |
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Hazaribagh |
5,998 |
909 |
1,253 |
2,162 |
36.05 |
66 |
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Kodarma |
1,435 |
229 |
387 |
616 |
42.93 |
3 |
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Lohardaga |
1,491 |
392 |
165 |
557 |
37.36 |
11 |
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Pakur |
1,571 |
79 |
215 |
294 |
18.71 |
17 |
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Palamu
(includes Latehar) |
8,657 |
2,616 |
1,244 |
3,860 |
44.59 |
205 |
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West
Singhbhum |
9,907 |
2,103 |
1,624 |
3,727 |
37.62 |
84 |
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East
Singhbhum (includes Saraikela) |
3,533 |
597 |
288 |
885 |
25.05 |
60 |
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Ranchi |
7,698 |
735 |
997 |
1,732 |
22.50 |
68 |
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Sahebganj |
1,834 |
150 |
401 |
551 |
30.04 |
71 |
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Total |
79 714 |
11,787 |
10.850 |
22,637 |
28,40 |
976 |
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