Question

 Per capita forest and tree cover in Jharkhand is
1.  0.08 hectare
2. 1.08 hectare
3. 2.08 hectare
4. 3.08 hectare

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 :  0.08 hectare

The correct answer is  0.08 hectare.

• The Per capita forest and tree cover in Jharkhand is 0.08 hectares.
• The state with a geographical area of 79,714 km² represents 2.42% of the country’s area.
• The total dictated forest area of the state is 23,605 km² which is 29.61% of the geographical area of the state.
• Of the total recorded forest area, Reserved Forests comprise 18.58%, Protected Forests 81.28%, and Unclassed Forests 0.14%.
• As per the India State of Forest Report, 2017 generated by the Forest Survey of India, forest cover in the state is 23, 553 km² which is 29.54% of the state’s geographical area.
• The total forest and tree cover recorded together constitutes about 33.21% of the geographical area of the state.

• The Total Forest and Tree cover is 24.56% of the geographical area of the country.
• The Total Forest cover is 7,12,249 sq km which is 21.67% of the geographical area of the country.
• The Tree cover is 2.89% of the geographical area of the country.
• As compared to ISFR 2017 the current assessment shows an increase of:
  • 0.65% of forest and tree cover put together, at the national level
  • 0.56% of forest cover
  • 1.29% of tree cover