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About 41% part of the
Koderma district is covered with forests.The total forest area of Koderma district is
64796.90 hectare is scattered in 309 forest villages as preotected forest under administrative control of Koderma Forest Division together with 15062.77 hectare scattered in 35 forest villages as a reserved forest. The reserved forest area of Koderma district is
declared as wild life sanctuary and is under administrative control of wild life division Hazaribagh. The per capita forest area in hectare is 0.14. Sal is the main forest crop together with Bija, Gamhar, Khair, Palash, Salai, Semal, Bair, Arjun, Karam, Siris, Kaj, Kend, Mahulan, Mahua, Karanj, Ratti etc. Koderma forest area having Barakar, Sakri, Dhadhar and Telaiya River are the main river of koderma forest. Koderma Forest division is rich in geological assets with biggest concentration of Mica in the Country. Archaen and the lower Gondwana are the two main rock formation found in this division. Due to several adephic and bioteic factors the forest of koderma division are very poor and in degraded and depilated coindition. They are badly affected by soil erosion and biotic interference. With the organisation of 309 Village Forest Mangament and protection commitee, the forest density & canopy is increaing since recent years with the active partifipation of the members of concern forest commitee. Social Forestry division is also functioning in this district. There numbers are: |