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Ahmedabad is the largest city in Gujarat in
term of human population and the area. The
population density is very high within the city.
On other hand, the tree cover is less in the
old city, but some areas like cantonment have
very good tree cover. If about 282 trees are
accounted equivalent to one hectare, the tree
cover in the city is estimated about 4.66 % of the
geographical area, which is below the average
tree cover in the urban areas in the state. The
tree populations in different zones of the city
are given in table-14.
About 117,100 trees were counted in patches
of tree block which have area more than five
hectare. About 57,880 trees were counted in
Table-14: Zone-wise status of tree cover
Zone/Area
Number of trees
1. Central zone
23,518
2. East zone
75,497
3. West zone
84,035
4. North zone
60,677
5. South zone
89,863
6. New west zone
84,189
7. Parks and garden
25,290
8. Cantonment and other areas
174,979
Total
618,048
Table-15: Zone-wise status of tree density
Zone
Area (in ha)
Tree density
Central zone
1,650
18.5
East zone
7,852
10.9
West zone
5,653
10.8
New west zone
17,906
7.8
North zone
4,157
20.8
South zone
9,205
11.4
Cantonment
562
103.0
Total
46,985
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cantonment area in which share of large trees is
relatively high.
The basic facts about Ahmedabad city are as
follows.
Human population 55.71 lakh
Area of city
46,985 ha
Number of trees
618,050 lakh
(above 10 cm GBH)
Tree density
13.1tees/ha
Tree cover
6.66 %
Trees per 100 persons 11.1 trees/100 persons
Over 100 tree species were listed by the
enumerators and the species having high
number have given in Table-16.
13.2 Trees in Ahmedabad City
