|
District wise
forest cover of Punjab as per 1997 assessment (sq.km.)
|
|
|
1997
Assessment
|
|
Change
|
|
|
State/UT
|
Geographic
|
Dense
|
Open
|
Mangrove
|
Total
|
Compared
|
Scrub
|
|
District
|
area
|
Forest
|
Forest
|
|
|
to
1995
|
|
|
Punjab
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amritsar
|
5,087
|
-
|
9
|
-
|
9
|
Nil
|
3
|
|
Bhatinda
|
5,551
|
1
|
23
|
-
|
24
|
+20
|
-
|
|
Faridkot
|
5,740
|
-
|
8
|
-
|
8
|
+1
|
-
|
|
Ferozepur
|
5,874
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
4
|
+3
|
5
|
|
Gurdaspur
|
3,562
|
75
|
98
|
-
|
173
|
+2
|
46
|
|
Hoshiarpur
|
3,881
|
286
|
431
|
-
|
717
|
Nil
|
46
|
|
Jalandhar
|
3,401
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
+1
|
-
|
|
Kapurthala
|
1,633
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
6
|
+6
|
-
|
|
Ludhiana
|
3,857
|
8
|
20
|
-
|
28
|
+8
|
-
|
|
Patiala
|
4,584
|
38
|
26
|
-
|
64
|
+1
|
3
|
|
Roopnagar or Ropar
|
2,085
|
97
|
248
|
-
|
345
|
+1
|
13
|
|
Sangrur
|
5,107
|
3
|
5
|
-
|
8
|
+2
|
-
|
|
Total
|
50,362
|
511
|
876
|
-
|
1,387
|
+45
|
116
|
|
