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Table 2
(continued)
(Area in km 2
)
District
Geographical area
Forest cover
% of GA
Change
Scrub
VDF
MF
OF
Total
Ramgarh
1341
31
110
188
329
24.53
2
18
Saraikela Kharsawan
2657
22
214
337
573
21.57
5
21
Simdega
3774
22
344
875
1241
32.88
0
21
Grand Total
79,716
2598
9686
11,269
23,553
29.55
29
669
VDF
Very Dense Forest, MD
Moderately Dense Forest, OP
Open Forest
Source
ISFR (2017)