District

Geographical Area
(Sq. Km.)

Recorded Forest Area
(Sq.Km.)

% age of Recorded
Forest Area

Darjeeling

3,149

1,204

38.23%

Jalpaiguri

6,227

1,790

28.75%

Cooch Behar

3,387

57

1.68%

Bankura

6,882

1,482

21.53%

Midnapur

14,081

1,709

12.14%

Burdwan

7,024

277

3.94%

Purulia

6,259

876

14.00%

Birbhum

4,545

159

3.50%

Hooghly

3,149

3

0.10%

Nadia

3,927

12

0.30%

Mushidabad

5,324

8

0.15%

Malda

3,733

20

0.54

Uttar Dinajpur

3,140

10

0.32%

Dakshin Dinajpur

2,219

8

0.36%

Calcutta

104

-

0.00%

Howrah

1,467

-

0.00%

24-Parganas (S)

10,159

4,221

41.54%

24-Parganas (N)

3,997

43

1.08%

Total

88,752

11,879

13.38%

Survey Period

Recorded Forest Land

% Forest cover

1988

13.38%

14.32%

1991

13.38%

14.97%

1994

13.38%

15.06%

1997

13.38%

15.16%

2000

13.38%

15.30%

2004

13.38%

15.52%