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Sl.No.
Type
Extent (sq.km)
Percentage
1
 Evergreen
4,926.02
11.36
2
 Semi-Evergreen
1,644.20
3.8
3
 Moist Deciduous
6,545.00
15.09
4
 Dry Deciduous
8,233.22
18.98
5
 Scrub & Thorny
9,264.01
21.36
6
 Un-wooded
12,744.00
29.41
  Total
43,356.45
100
 
     
   
 
Type (canopy density)
Extent (sq km)
Percent
Very Dense Forest
1,777
4.5
Modarate Dense Forest
20,181
51.3
Open Forest (10%-40%)
14,232
36.1
Scrub Forest (Less than 10%)
3,176
8.1
Total
39,366
100
Source: State of Forest Report 2009 by FSI Dehradun 		 
     
   
 
(Area in Square Kilometres)
(As per reconstituted Expert Committee Report)
Sl.No
 District Grographical Area Forest Area Percentage of forest area to Geographical Area
1
 Bangalore-R & Ramanagar
5815
1164.85
20.03
2
 Bangalore-U
2190
122.25
5.50
3
 Belgaum
13415
2063.20
15.34
4
 Bellary
8450
1378.52
16.37
5
 Bidar
5448
456.16
8.37
6
Bijapur
10494
81.11
0.77
7
Bagalkote
6575
838.93
12.72
8
Chickmagalur
7201
2756.51
38.38
9
Chitradurga
8440
1287.18
15.35
10
Davanagere
5924
544.344
9.05
11
Dakshina Kannada
4560
2012.18
33.44
12
 Udupi
3880
1720.57
47.82
13
 Dharwad
4260
468.52
11.08
14
 Gadag
4656
333.37
7.16
15
 Haveri
4823
432.80
8.92
16
 Gulburga & Yadgiri
16224
997.76
6.15
17
 Hassan
6814
879.25
12.90
18
 Kodagu
4102
2870.99
69.10
19
 Kolar & Chikkaballapura
8223
1066.22
12.97
20
 Mandya
4961
664.61
13.40
21
 Mysore
6854
1449.87
23.13
22
 Chamarajanagar
5101
2791.46
49.10
23
 Raichur
6827
325.57
5.86
24
 Koppal
7189
430.60
5.09
25
 Shimoga
8477
6631.44
78.34
26
 Tumkur
10597
1291.67
12.19
27
 Uttara Kannada
10291
8296.46
80.62
Total
191791
43356.45
22.61
 
 

(As per Reconstituted Expert Committee - I Report)

 
   
     
   
   
 
 
     
 
(Area in Sq.Kms)
District-wise forest cover in 2007
District
Geographic area
Very Dense forest
Mod.Dense forest
Open forest
Total
Percent
Change
Scrub
Bagalkot
6,575
0
11
189
200
3.04
-1
233
Bangalore Rural
5,815
6
133
671
810
13.93
-1
253
Bangalore City
2,190
0
39
110
149
6.8
0
30
Belgaum
13,415
17
757
318
1,092
8.14
1
467
Bellary
8,450
0
110
662
772
9.14
0
253
Bidar
5,448
0
18
36
54
0.99
0
12
Bijapur
10,494
0
0
12
12
0.11
0
0
Chamarajnagar
5,101
45
1,043
1,548
2,636
51.68
0
179
Chickmagalur
7,201
587
2,428
666
3,681
51.12
0
17
Chitradurga
8,440
0
56
362
418
4.95
0
435
Dakshina Kannada
4,560
253
1,009
1,598
2,860
62.72
2
0
Davanagere
5,924
4
339
399
742
12.53
-1
269
Dharwar
4,260
0
232
151
383
8.99
0
6
Gadag
4,656
0
0
123
123
2.64
0
64
Gulbarga
16,224
0
87
209
296
1.82
0
46
Hassan
6,814
67
752
511
1,330
19.52
1
91
Haveri
4,823
0
154
245
399
8.27
-2
53
Kodagu
4,102
246
2,142
951
3,339
81.40
1
0
Kolar
8,223
0
59
449
508
6.18
-2
283
Koppal
7,189
0
1
13
14
0.19
0
53
Mandya
4,961
1
98
209
308
6.21
0
135
Mysore
6,854
4
648
417
1,069
15.60
0
38
Raichur
6,827
0
2
23
25
0.37
-1
16
Shimoga
8,477
205
2,809
1,394
4,408
52.00
-3
23
Tumkur
10,597
0
62
490
552
5.21
-1
219
Udupi
3,880
158
1,415
617
2,190
53.87
-2
0
Uttara Kannada
10,291
184
5,777
1,859
7,820
75.99
-1
1
Total
191,791
1,777
20,181
14,232
36,190
18.87
-10
3,176
 
     
  Source: State of Forest Report 2009 by FSI Dehradun
Change compared to 2005 assessment (revised)
  
     
   
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