District Wise Area
District-wise Forest Cover in Himachal Pradesh
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(km2) |
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|
District |
Calculated Area by SoI |
2023 Assessment |
% of Calculated Area by SoI |
Change w.r.t. 2021 (Raster based)* |
Scrub |
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|
Very Dense Forest |
Mod. Dense Forest |
Open Forest |
Total Forest Cover |
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|
Bilaspur |
1,167 |
22.65 |
165.85 |
185.30 |
373.80 |
32.03 |
2.12 |
3.30 |
|
Chamba |
6,522 |
596.72 |
1,221.92 |
637.51 |
2,456.15 |
37.66 |
-1.82 |
21.27 |
|
Hamirpur |
1,118 |
42.41 |
101.95 |
217.17 |
361.53 |
32.34 |
0.00 |
12.40 |
|
Kangra |
5,739 |
229.24 |
1,301.44 |
869.52 |
2,400.20 |
41.82 |
5.70 |
12.81 |
|
Kinnaur |
6,401 |
84.24 |
325.72 |
238.11 |
648.07 |
10.12 |
-0.51 |
61.34 |
|
Kullu |
5,503 |
634.95 |
852.20 |
508.21 |
1,995.36 |
36.26 |
0.22 |
25.02 |
|
Lahaul & Spiti |
13,841 |
11.95 |
34.03 |
100.03 |
146.01 |
1.05 |
0.17 |
16.69 |
|
Mandi |
3,950 |
412.59 |
730.22 |
647.36 |
1,790.17 |
45.32 |
9.11 |
18.67 |
|
Shimla |
5,131 |
778.96 |
1,150.66 |
514.97 |
2,444.59 |
47.64 |
4.22 |
28.29 |
|
Sirmaur |
2,825 |
238.40 |
646.70 |
530.78 |
1,415.88 |
50.12 |
20.46 |
49.60 |
|
Solan |
1,936 |
45.84 |
439.72 |
423.19 |
908.75 |
46.94 |
12.08 |
46.55 |
|
Una |
1,540 |
19.65 |
309.88 |
310.31 |
639.84 |
41.55 |
2.98 |
12.75 |
|
Grand Total |
55,673 |
3,117.60 |
7,280.29 |
5,182.46 |
15,580.35 |
27.99 |
54.73 |
308.69 |
*Area figure calculated without normalization factor.
