As per the last survey of trees across Gujarat, Anand and Mehsana districts are number one in per hector and per person presence of trees respectively. Survey was held by forest department of Gujarat across the state leaving only one district: Dang. Dang was not included in the survey because almost whole Dang district is itself a jungle area.

According to this survey, Anand is greenest district in Gujarat. Anand has total 1.90 crore trees. It has a presence of 64.62 trees per hector and 10.24 trees per person.

If Anand is No.1 in highest number of trees per hector, Mehsana district is No.1 in trees per person criteria with 11.64 trees per head. Mehsana has 49.6 trees per hector and in total 2.13 trees.

In the whole census, Surendranagar has unique status of having just two trees per hector.

200 varieties of trees are documented in Gujarat but in the course of latest survey, only 68 species were noted.

Among different varieties of trees, Neem has highest presence in Gujarat. Highest neem trees (47.70 lakh) were found located in Mehsana district. Kutch is second and Anand is third in Neem tree population.

Eucalypts trees have their highest presence in Dahod district, while Mango trees are most populated in Junagadh district in Gujarat.

According to census, Ahmedabad district has total 58.52 trees. In this district, per head only one tree is available while per hector there are 7.33 trees.

Gandhinagar has 1.23 crore trees. It has per person 9.26 and per hectors 57.68 trees. Gandhinagar which is well-known as green city has just five trees left per person. In 1980s decade Gandhinagar had more than 100 trees per person.

Gujarat has approximately 25.10 crore trees. Gujarat has per hector 14.25 trees and per person 4.97 trees according to this survey. (In Photo: Khijdo tree on Anand district’s highway)