Datasheet

Table : Districtwise Population Density, Forest Area Covered and Changes in Maharashtra State: 2001-2003 (Area in Km2)

 Forest Cover( 2003)

Forest Cover (2001)

Change in Total Forest Coverage

District

Geog. Area

Tot. Popn.

Density

V. Dense

M. Dense

Open Forest

Total Forest

% Total Forest

Total Forest

 

Ahmadnagar(T)

17048

4040642

237

0

70

148

218

1.28

312

-94

Akola

5390

1630239

302

15

111

195

321

5.92

361

-40

Amravati(T)

12210

2607160

214

677

1395

997

3069

25.44

3137

-68

Aurangabad

10107

2897013

287

2

60

344

406

4.02

489

-83

Bhandara

3588

1136146

317

137

526

223

886

26.28

927

-41

Bid

10693

2161250

202

0

10

107

117

1.09

261

-144

Buldana

9661

2232480

231

20

154

420

594

6.15

619

-25

Chandrapur(T)

11443

2071101

181

1262

1639

1039

3940

35.33

3947

-7

Dhule(T)

7189

1707947

238

0

97

377

474

6.59

493

-19

Gadchiroli(T)

14412

970294

67

4201

3725

2143

10069

69.87

10056

13

Gondiya

5733

1200707

209

812

887

461

2160

37.14

2174

-14

Hingoli

4686

987160

211

0

54

71

125

2.62

117

8

Jalgaon

11765

3682690

313

50

377

834

1261

10.72

1242

19

Jalna

7718

1612980

209

0

6

45

51

0.66

102

-51

Kolhapur (H)

7685

3523162

458

95

1068

543

1706

22.2

1814

-108

Latur

7157

2080285

291

0

1

10

11

0.15

66

-55

Mumbai City

157

3338031

21261

0

0

1

1

0.64

1

0

Mumbai Suburbs

446

8640419

19373

0

48

38

86

19.28

82

4

Nagpur (T)

9892

4067637

411

359

961

664

1984

21.21

1962

22

Nanded

10528

2876259

273

53

438

369

860

8.32

853

7

Nandurbar

5961

1311709

220

0

445

769

1214

20.37

1438

-224

Nashik

15530

4993796

322

0

325

748

1073

6.91

1098

-25

Osmanabad

7569

1486586

196

0

11

59

70

0.92

92

-22

Parbhani

6355

1527715

240

0

7

50

57

0.94

134

-77

Pune (TH)

15643

7232555

462

2

671

660

1333

8.52

1314

19

Raigarh (H)

7152

2207929

309

2

1107

1205

2314

32.35

2288

26

Ratnagiri (H)

8208

1696777

207

33

1486

1192

2711

33.03

2211

500

Sangli

8572

2583524

301

43

59

49

151

1.76

150

1

Satara (H)

10480

2808994

268

121

391

365

877

8.37

909

-32

Solapur

14895

3849543

258

0

18

30

48

0.32

53

-5

Sindhudurg (H)

5207

868825

167

54

1286

883

2223

42.69

2378

-155

Thane (T)

9558

8131849

851

2

1170

1557

2729

28.55

2671

58

Wardha

6309

1236736

196

0

438

386

824

13.44

846

-22

Washim

5184

1020216

197

2

79

216

297

6.13

335

-38

Yavatmal

13582

2458271

181

128

1198

1280

2606

19.35

2550

56

Maharashtra

307713

96878627

315

8070

20317

18478

46865

15.23

47482

-617

 

Note: 'T' -Tribal Districts 'H' -Hill Districts, 'TH' - both Tribal and Hill districts, 'V. Dense' - Very Dense, 'M.Dense' - Moderately Dense , Change: (2001-2003) Source: i) State of Forest Report 2003, Forest Survey of India, (Ministry of Environment & Forests) Dehradun, ii) Census of India, 2001