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Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary (earlier called Hazaribagh National Park) is a wildlife sanctuary in Jharkhand, India, about 55 miles (89 km) north of Ranchi. [2] It was established in 1955. [3] Nestling in low hilly terrain, at an average altitude of 615 metres (2,018 ft), it has an area of 184 km 2 (71 sq mi) and is home to sambar, nilgai ...
The Indian Forest Service ( IFS) is the premier forest service of India. [1] [2] [3] It was constituted in the year 1966 under the All India Services Act, 1951 . The service implements the National Forest Policy [4] in order to ensure the ecological stability of the country through the protection and participatory sustainable management of ...
Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is a much larger area starting from Chandil to 40 km east. The sanctuary covers around 195 km 2 . It is about 100 km from the capital city Ranchi, and 15 km from the steel city Jamshedpur. The wildlife sanctuary runs parallel to the NH-18 with hills as high as 915 m from sea level. Dalma Sanctuary is spread over 193 km ...
Jharkhand (/ ˈ dʒ ɑːr k ə n d /; Hindi: [d͡ʒʱɑːɾkʰəɳɖ]; lit. ' the land of forests ') is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the west, Chhattisgarh to the east, Uttar Pradesh to the southeast, Bihar to the south and Odisha to the north.
Area. 1129.93 km 2 [1] Established. November, 1973. The Palamau Tiger Reserve is one of the nine original tiger reserves in Jharkhand, India [2] and the only one in this state. It forms part of Betla National Park and Palamau Wildlife Sanctuary. As of 2022, the reserve is reported to be largely under Naxal control.
Saranda forest is a dense forest in the hilly region of West Singhbhum, East Singhbhum, Saraikela district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. This area used to be the private hunting reserve of the Singh Deo family (the erstwhile royal family of Saraikela). The forest covers an area of 820 km². [2] Saranda (Serengda) literally means "700 hills ...
The Gaya-Ranchi state highway passes near the Lawalong sanctuary on its eastern side. There is a road connecting the Gaya-Ranchi state highway and leads to Lawalong village and passes through the sanctuary area. The Hazaribagh-Simaria-Bagra Mor P.W.D. Road leads to Lawalong, where the Beat office of Lawalong Beat of Wild Life Sanctuary is situated.
1976. Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary (also spelled Gautam Buddha) is a wildlife sanctuary located in Gaya district of Bihar state and Koderma district of Jharkhand state in east-central India . The refuge was established in 1976, and covers an area of 259 km 2. Prior to becoming a wildlife refuge, the area was a private hunting reserve.