District-wise Forest Cover in Rajasthan

According to ISFR 2021, the Forest Cover in the State is 16,654.96 square kms, which is about 4.87% of State’s Geographical Area.  The report also details about District-wise forest Cover in Rajasthan

District-wise distribution of Forest Cover in Rajasthan

District	Area (GA) Geo-graphical	Forest Dense Very	Forest Dense Mod.	Forest Open	Total	%of GA	Change w.r.t 2019 Assement	Scrub
Ajmer	8,481	0.00	46.49	285.07	331.56	3.91	26.45	175.72
Alwar	8,380	59.70	334.65	801.56	1,195.91	14.27	-0.75	243.08
Banswara	4,522	0.00	38.52	230.09	268.61	5.94	0.19	60.17
Baran	6,992	0.00	153.66	856.39	1,010.05	14.45	-0.94	98.93
Barmer	28,387	0.00	4.79	284.43	289.22	1.02	-0.57	223.18
Bharatpur	5,066	0.00	26.33	194.73	221.06	4.36	-9.21	77.15
Bhilwara	10,455	0.00	33.31	191.00	224.31	2.15	0.12	189.76
Bikaner	30,239	0.88	28.06	250.77	279.71	0.92	24.10	49.86
Bundi	5,776	1.00	138.98	424.37	564.35	9.77	7.17	172.67
Chittaurgarh	7,822	0.00	222.01	768.04	990.05	12.66	1.25	107.42
Churu	13,835	0.00	2.44	75.25	77.69	0.56	-4.31	27.48
Dausa	3,432	0.00	11.15	105.45	116.60	3.40	-0.40	94.66
Dhaulpur	3,033	0.00	79.75	339.32	419.07	13.82	0.07	76.07
Dungarpur	3,770	0.00	42.53	262.01	304.54	8.08	2.24	83.37
Ganganagar	10,978	0.00	9.87	105.22	115.09	1.05	2.17	15.78
Hanumangarh	9,656	1.01	6.80	85.16	92.97	0.96	3.01	6.71
Jaipur	11,143	12.00	97.20	445.66	554.86	4.98	2.10	272.85
Jaisalmer	38,401	3.56	48.64	270.19	322.39	0.84	-3.38	206.14
Jalor	10,640	0.00	22.67	212.94	235.61	2.21	-32.46	221.89
Jhalawar	6,219	0.00	83.39	353.28	436.67	7.02	1.09	102.57
Jhunjhunun	5,928	0.00	20.79	180.17	200.96	3.39	0.19	179.54
Jodhpur	22,850	0.00	4.26	104.99	109.25	0.48	1.47	163.53
Karauli	5,524	0.00	96.04	747.80	843.84	15.28	-26.16	300.54
Kota	5,217	0.00	153.28	391.55	544.83	10.44	-1.90	135.83
Nagaur	17,718	0.00	14.11	155.65	169.76	0.96	22.72	87.71
Pali	12,387	0.00	211.60	489.26	700.86	5.66	26.01	357.60
Pratapgarh	4,449	0.00	562.97	470.80	1,033.77	23.24	-4.14	59.05
Rajsamand	4,655	0.00	129.94	386.93	516.87	11.10	-4.92	126.06
Sawai Madhopur	4,498	0.00	171.30	293.31	464.61	10.33	1.92	138.52
Sikar	7,732	0.00	31.51	170.67	202.18	2.61	9.12	198.68
Sirohi	5,136	0.00	300.96	597.46	898.42	17.49	-13.49	247.50
Tonk	7,194	0.00	27.72	138.18	165.90	2.31	0.84	68.96
Udaipur	11,724	0.00	1,212.93	1,540.46	2,753.39	23.49	-4.15	239.53
Grand Total	3,42,239	78.15	4,368.65	12,208.16	16,654.96	4.87	25.45	4,808.51

Rajasthan’s District with Maximum total forest area:

Ranking	District	Forest Area
1	Udaipur	2753.39
2	Alwar	1195.91
3	Pratapgarh	1033.77
4	Baran	1010.05
5	Chittorgarh	990.05

Rajasthan’s District with Maximum Percentage of Forest area:

Ranking	District	Percentage of Area
1	Udaipur	23.49%
2	Pratapgarh	23.24%
3	Sirohi	17.49%
4	Karauli	15.28%
5	Baran	14.45%

Rajasthan’s District with least total forest area:

Ranking	District	Forest Area
33	Churu	77.69
32	Hanumangarh	92.97
31	Jodhpur	109.25
30	Ganganagar	115.09
29	Dausa	116.60

Rajasthan’s District with Least Percentage of Forest area:

Ranking	District	Percentage of Area
33	Jodhpur	0.48%
32	Churu	0.56%
31	Jaisalmer	0.84%%
30	Bikaner	0.92%
29	Hanumangarh / Nagaur	0.96%

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ISFR 2021 – Rajasthan Forest Report 2021