After reorganization of forest Department, Rourkela Forest Division was created with effect from 01.10.2003. The area of the Division extends over the entire area of Panposh Sub-division and portion of Bonai & Sundargarh Sadar Sub-division in Sundargarh district. It is situated between 21° 49’13” to 22° 29’11” N latitude and between 84°27’16” to 85° 7’11” E longitudes. It is bordering with Jharkhand State in the North, on the south by Bonai Forest Division & Bamra Wild Life Division, on the east by Bonai and in the west by Sundargarh Forest Division , Sundargarh.
The Rourkela Forest Division has geographical area of 2777.0 Sq km and the forest area of 1083.59903 Sq km. which accounts for 32.86% of the total geographical area of the forest division. Following are the distributions of forest areas under various types in Rourkela Forest Division. This Division covers 70 numbers of Reserve Forest Blocks, 06 numbers of Proposed Reserve Forest Blocks duly notified U/s 4 of O.F.A.-1972, 33 numbers of Demarcated Protected Forests, 123 numbers of UDPF and 35 numbers of duly notified Village Forests extending over the entire Panposh, part of Sundargarh & Bonai Sub-Division of Sundargarh District.
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TYPE |
AREA in Hectare (ha). |
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(a) Area of Reserved Forests in Ha. : |
65087.63 Ha. |
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(b) Area of PRF in Ha. : |
2143.199 Ha |
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(c) Area under DPF (CA) in Ha. : |
236.665 Ha. |
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(d) Area of DPF in Ha. : |
3858.42 Ha. |
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(e) Area of UDPF in Ha.: |
15929.713 Ha. |
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(f) Area of VF in Ha. : |
229.176 Ha. |
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(g) Area of DLC Forest in Ha. : |
20875.10 Ha. |
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Total |
108359.903 |
The geographical area of Rourkela Forest Division falls in Brahmani and Koel, Sankha and Deo River basins.
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