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Forests at Andhra Pradesh
| Land Use |
Area in '000 ha |
Percentage |
| Total geographical area |
27,507 |
- |
| Reporting area for land utilization |
27,505 |
100.00 |
| Forests |
6,210 |
22.58 |
| Not available for cultivation |
4,781 |
17.38 |
| Permanent pastures and other grazing lands |
602 |
2.19 |
| Land under misc. tree crops & groves |
320 |
1.16 |
| Culturable wasteland |
695 |
2.53 |
| Fallow land other than current fallows |
1,583 |
5.76 |
| Current Fallows |
3,166 |
11.51 |
| Net area sown |
10,147 |
36.89 |
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Forest cover change matrix
(area in sq. km)
| 2005 Assesment (Data of Oct-Dec 2004) |
2007 (Data of Oct 2006 - Mar 2007) |
Total of 2005 |
VDF |
MDF |
OF |
Scrub |
NF |
| Very Dense Forest |
820 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
820 |
| Moderately Dense Forest |
0 |
24,746 |
0 |
0 |
59 |
24,805 |
| Open Forest |
0 |
7 |
19,472 |
2 |
125 |
19,606 |
| Scrub |
0 |
0 |
5 |
10,340 |
49 |
10,394 |
| Non-Forest |
0 |
4 |
48 |
30 |
219,362 |
219,444 |
| Total of 2007 |
820 |
24,757 |
19,525 |
10,372 |
219,595 |
275,069 |
| Net Change |
0 |
-48 |
-81 |
-22 |
151 |
- |
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District-wise forest cover
(area in sq. km)
| District |
Geographic area |
Very Dense Forest |
Mode. Dense Forest |
Open Forest |
Total |
% of G.A. |
Change |
Scrub |
| Adilabad(T) |
16,128 |
127 |
3,650 |
2,307 |
6,084 |
37.72 |
-24 |
126 |
| Anantapur |
19,130 |
0 |
73 |
353 |
426 |
2.23 |
-2 |
956 |
| Chittoor |
15,151 |
7 |
929 |
1,463 |
2,399 |
15.83 |
-3 |
1,566 |
| East-Godawari(T) |
10,807 |
72 |
2,519 |
970 |
3,561 |
32.95 |
-1 |
168 |
| Guntur |
11,391 |
0 |
219 |
644 |
863 |
7.58 |
-1 |
392 |
| Hyderabad & Ranga Reddy |
7,710 |
0 |
49 |
342 |
391 |
5.07 |
-3 |
255 |
| Cuddapah |
15,359 |
9 |
1,898 |
1.502 |
3,409 |
22.20 |
-1 |
1,304 |
| Karimnagar |
11,823 |
0 |
980 |
703 |
1,683 |
14.23 |
-11 |
370 |
| Khammam(T) |
16,029 |
25 |
5,212 |
1,872 |
7,112 |
44.37 |
-56 |
42 |
| Krishna |
8,727 |
0 |
83 |
230 |
313 |
3.59 |
0 |
2.14 |
| Kurnool |
17,658 |
59 |
1,331 |
741 |
2,131 |
12.07 |
-7 |
403 |
| Mahboob Nagar |
18,432 |
329 |
538 |
1,077 |
1,944 |
10.55 |
-5 |
326 |
| Medak |
9,700 |
0 |
82 |
504 |
586 |
6.04 |
0 |
143 |
| Nalgonda |
14,240 |
0 |
10 |
141 |
151 |
1.06 |
-8 |
359 |
| Nellore |
13,076 |
5 |
261 |
671 |
937 |
7.17 |
-3 |
680 |
| Nizamabad |
7,959 |
0 |
217 |
981 |
1,198 |
15.06 |
-2 |
140 |
| Prakasam |
17,626 |
172 |
1,342 |
1,590 |
3,104 |
17.61 |
13 |
859 |
| Srikakulam(T) |
5,837 |
0 |
108 |
508 |
616 |
10.55 |
0 |
471 |
| Vijainagaram(T) |
6,539 |
0 |
145 |
604 |
749 |
11.45 |
0 |
352 |
| Vishakapatnam(T) |
11,161 |
0 |
2,054 |
1,391 |
3,445 |
30.87 |
0 |
1,071 |
| Warangal(T) |
12,847 |
0 |
2,436 |
655 |
3,091 |
24.06 |
-14 |
157 |
| West Godawari (T) |
7,742 |
12 |
621 |
276 |
909 |
11.74 |
-1 |
28 |
| Total |
275,069 |
820 |
24,757 |
19,525 |
45,102 |
16.40 |
-129 |
10,372 |
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Forest & Tree cover
(area in sq. km)
| Category |
Area |
% of Geographical Area |
| Tree cover |
7,191 |
2.61 |
| Forest cover |
45,102 |
16.40 |
| Tree & Forest cover |
52,293 |
19.01 |
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