
Sanjay-Dubri
Tiger Reserve includes the combined area of the Dubri
Wildlife Sanctuary and Sanjay
National Park and occupies a large area measuring nearly 831 square kilometres. It is located in
Sidhi District in the central
Indian state of
Madhya Pradesh. The Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve is renowned for its lush greenery and also its rich sources of
flora and fauna. Visitors to this tiger reserve will be welcomed by several streams, valleys, hills and deep gorges. This Indian tiger reserve is based in the north-eastern portion of Madhya Pradesh between
Palamau Tiger Reserves and
Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserves. Sal forests are present here. The Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve began to be supervised by the
Project Tiger from the year 2008 onwards. Gopad
River, Ramadaha Kund and Domarpert Hill are the nearby tourist locales which are quite popular.
Fauna of Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve
There exists several species of
wildlife in the Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve including Tiger,
Nilgai,
Porcupine,
Sambhar,
Monitor Lizard, Civet,
Wild Boar,
Chinkara,
Leopard, Spotted
Deer and others. The tiger reserve also boasts of 309 species of
birds like Lesser Adjutant, Golden Hooded Oriole, Indian White-Rumped Vulture, Nightjars, Racket-tailed Drongos, Egyptian Vulture, Indian Pitta Rufus-Treepie, Cenareous Vulture and many others.
Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve also acts as the natural route of wild
elephants proceeding from the state of
Chhattisgarh.
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(Last Updated on : 26-03-2014)