Area of forest cover's UTTRAKHAND

Forest cover of Uttarakhand is 45.74% of its total geographical land. It is 3.60% of India's total forest cover. Very dense forest cover is 7.5%; moderate forest cover is 27.0%; and open forest cover is 11.3%. Thus Non- Forest area is 54.3%. The forest cover is 24,465 Square Kilometer. District wise forest cover in % is: Garhwal 13.37; Uttarkashi 12.85; Nainital 12.65; Chamoli 11.03; Tehri Garhwal 8.74; Pithoragarh 8.49; Dehradun 6.51; Almora 6.45; Bageshwar 5.64; Champawat 4.75; Rudra Prayag 4.58; Haridwar 2.59; and Udamsing Nagar 2.36. (more details http://www.fsi.nic.in/sfr2003/Uttranchal.pdf)