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Table 2
District wise forest cover of Jharkhand
(Area in km 2
)
District
Geographical area
Forest cover
% of GA
Change
Scrub
VDF
MF
OF
Total
Bokaro
2883
61
232
277
570
19.77
3
38
Chatra
3718
249
864
653
1766
47.50
−8
19
Deoghar
2477
0
14
188
202
8.16
−1
12
Dhanbad
2040
0
44
160
204
10.00
2
20
Dumka
3761
0
259
317
576
15.32
6
44
Garhwa
4093
125
414
851
1390
33.96
−4
62
Giridih
4962
77
339
474
890
17.94
7
28
Godda
2266
13
270
138
421
18.58
7
16
Gumla
5360
305
586
550
1441
26.88
−1
11
Hazaribagh
3555
230
349
772
1351
38.00
1
19
Koderma
2540
81
494
449
1024
40.31
0
5
Lohardaga
1502
174
219
111
504
33.56
2
8
Pakur
1811
3
172
112
287
15.85
0
20
Palamu
4393
57
521
622
1200
27.32
3
98
PashchimiSinghbhm
7224
462
1352
1552
3366
46.59
7
52
Purbi Singhbum
3562
55
592
429
1076
30.21
−1
22
Ranchi
5097
63
364
737
1164
22.84
10
35
Sahebganj
2063
18
258
297
573
27.78
−4
67
Latehar
4291
477
1311
616
2404
56.02
−2
9
(continued)