District Wise Area

District-wise Forest Cover in Himachal Pradesh

(km2)

District

Calculated Area by SoI

2023 Assessment

% of Calculated Area by SoI

Change w.r.t. 2021 (Raster based)*

Scrub

Very Dense Forest

Mod. Dense Forest

Open Forest

Total Forest Cover

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.