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Sl.No. |
Type |
Extent (sq.km) |
Percentage |
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Evergreen |
4350 |
11.34 |
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Semi-Evergreen |
1450 |
3.77 |
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Moist Deciduous |
5780 |
14.96 |
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Dry Deciduous |
7270 |
18.64 |
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Scrub & Thorny |
8180 |
21.11 |
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Un-wooded |
11254 |
30.19 |
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Type (canopy density) |
Extent (sq km) |
Percent |
| Dense Forest (40% and above) |
24,852 |
64 |
| Open Forest (10%-40%) |
7491 |
20 |
| Scrub Forest (Less than 10%) |
5941 |
16 |
| Total |
38284 |
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Source: State of Forest Report 2001 by FSI Dehradun |
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(Area in ha.)
Sl.No |
District |
Grographical Area |
Forest Area |
Percentage of forest area to Geographical Area |
1 |
Bangalore-R |
581500 |
109438 |
18.82 |
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Bangalore-U |
219000 |
7364 |
3.36 |
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Belgaum |
1341500 |
224557 |
16.74 |
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Bellary |
841900 |
174353 |
20.71 |
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Bihar |
544800 |
48231 |
8.85 |
6 |
Bijapur |
1047500 |
82758 |
4.85 |
7 |
Bagalkote |
659400 |
8 |
Chickmagalur |
720100 |
217908 |
30.26 |
9 |
Chitradurga |
838800 |
156229 |
10.84 |
10 |
Davanagere |
601800 |
11 |
Dakshina Kannada |
484300 |
518130 |
61.38 |
12 |
Udupi |
359800 |
13 |
Dharwad |
423000 |
143673
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10.46
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Gadag |
465700 |
15 |
Haveri |
485100 |
16 |
Gulbarga |
1622400 |
113785 |
7.01 |
17 |
Hassan |
681400 |
54107 |
7.94 |
18 |
Kodagu |
410200 |
125952 |
30.71 |
19 |
Kolar |
822300 |
103941 |
12.64 |
20 |
Mandya |
496100 |
27279 |
5.50 |
21 |
Mysore |
626900 |
412962 |
34.55 |
22 |
Chamarajnagar |
568500 |
23 |
Raichur |
555900 |
65075 |
11.71 |
24 |
Koppal |
845800 |
25 |
Shimoga |
846500 |
327016 |
38.63 |
26 |
Tumkur |
1059800 |
86517 |
8.16 |
27 |
Uttar Kannada |
1029100 |
829153 |
80.57 |
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19179100 |
3828428 |
19.96 |
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Forest area implies Legal Forest.
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(Area in Sq.Kms)
District |
Geographic area |
Dense forest |
Forest Cover Open forest |
Total |
Percent |
Scrub |
| Bagalkot |
6,575 |
225 |
159 |
384 |
5.84 |
222 |
| Bangalore Rural |
5,815 |
338 |
498 |
836 |
14.38 |
261 |
| Bangalore City |
2,190 |
109 |
53 |
162 |
7.40 |
28 |
| Belgaum |
13,415 |
836 |
328 |
1,164 |
8.68 |
465 |
| Bellary |
8,450 |
215 |
646 |
861 |
10.19 |
224 |
| Bidar |
5,448 |
128 |
28 |
156 |
2.86 |
18 |
| Bijapur |
10,494 |
166 |
12 |
178 |
1.70 |
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| Chamarajnagar |
5,101 |
1,098 |
1,470 |
2,568 |
50.34 |
197 |
| Chickmagalur |
7,201 |
3,068 |
486 |
3,554 |
49.35 |
51 |
| Chitradurga |
8,440 |
131 |
303 |
434 |
5.14 |
473 |
| Dakshina Kannada |
4,560 |
2,969 |
1,078 |
4,047 |
88.75 |
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| Davanagere |
5,924 |
394 |
378 |
772 |
13.03 |
257 |
| Dharwar |
4,260 |
272 |
132 |
404 |
9.48 |
25 |
| Gadag |
4,656 |
65 |
105 |
170 |
3.65 |
68 |
| Gulbarga |
16,224 |
299 |
174 |
473 |
2.92 |
50 |
| Hassan |
6,814 |
1,053 |
272 |
1,325 |
19.45 |
96 |
| Haveri |
4,823 |
213 |
237 |
450 |
9.33 |
52 |
| Kodagu |
4,102 |
2,608 |
400 |
3,008 |
73.33 |
2 |
| Kolar |
8,223 |
189 |
386 |
575 |
6.99 |
281 |
| Koppal |
7,189 |
43 |
2 |
45 |
0.63 |
34 |
| Mandya |
4,961 |
361 |
155 |
516 |
10.40 |
134 |
| Mysore |
6,854 |
809 |
340 |
1,149 |
16.76 |
43 |
| Raichur |
6,827 |
112 |
0 |
112 |
1.64 |
14 |
| Shimoga |
8,477 |
3,177 |
1,356 |
4,473 |
52.77 |
36 |
| Tumkur |
10,597 |
281 |
417 |
698 |
6.59 |
206 |
| Udupi |
3,880 |
555 |
115 |
670 |
17.27 |
0 |
| Uttara Kannada |
10,291 |
6,502 |
1,305 |
7,807 |
75.86 |
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| Total |
191,791 |
26,156 |
10,835 |
36,991 |
19.29 |
3,245 |
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Source: State of Forest Report 2001 by FSI Dehradun
Note: “Forest cover” implies all lands more than 1 ha. area with tree canopy density above 10 percent irrespective of the tree species and its legal status or ownership or land use.
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