Details of Wildlife Sanctuaries (With Major Information) No. Name State District S Latitude Longitude Year of Estd. Area (Km2)
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Details of Wildlife Sanctuaries (with major information) No. Name State District Latitude Longitude Year Area (Km2) Major Tourism Contact s of Biological Informatio details Estd. Component n 1. Amba Maharas Buldhan 21.244275 76.59823889 1997 127.11 Barwa htra a Wildlife Sanctuary 2. Andhari Maharas Chandra 20.16055833 79.41212778 1986 509.27 The Rest houses, Wildlife htra pur sanctuary dormitories Sanctuary includes and tents are Tiger, groups available. of Chital, Besides the Sloth Bear, guest houses Wild Boar, at Tadoba, Leopard, there is also Gaur, Small a holiday Indian Civet, home and a the Palm youth hostel Civet, with a Hyenas etc. dormitory facility. 3. Aner Dam Maharas Dhule 21.35726111 75.04883333 1986 82.94 Some There is one Deputy Wildlife htra common Irrigation Conservat Sanctuary animals Bunglow at or of found here dam site. Forests, are Barking Other 10, Deer's,Chika options Paripurti ras, Hares, include Building, Porcupines Forest Talak and Jungle Houses at Nagar, Cats. Rohini and Sawarkar Monitor Chopada Chowk, Lizard is the and a PWD Aurangaba common Bungalow at d 431005 reptile in this Shirpur. sanctuary. A large variety of birds can also be seen here. The permanent residents of the sanctuary include Egrets, Qualis, Owls, Partridges, Peafs, Herons, Corts, Spot Bills, Cormorants, Eagle Hamers and Owls etc. During the winter months, the sanctuary attracts a lot of migratory birds, primarily Cranes, Stokes, Brahming Ducks and many Waders. 4. Bhamraga Maharas Gadchir 19.53730278 80.67721111 1997 104.38 Various wild rh htra oli animals like Wildlife leopard, Sanctuary jungle fowl, wild boar and sloth bear, barking deer, blue bull, peacock and flying squirrel. 5. Bhimasha Maharas Pune 19.06170833 73.52268611 1985 130.78 The area is M.T.D.C. Deputy nkar htra and rich in fauna and forest Conservat Wildlife Thane since there is rest houses or of Sanctuary variety of are available Forests, forest types for stay. Wildlife, in the Western sanctuary. Region, The main New wild species P.M.T. are Giant Building, Indian Swargate, squirrel, Shankarsh Leopard, et Road, Sambar, Pune 411 Mouse Deer, 042 Hyaena, Maharasht Wild boar. ra, India 6. Bor Maharas Wardha 20.97981389 78.62096111 1970 61.1 Tigers, MTDC Wildlife htra and panthers, resort, forest Sanctuary Nagpur bisons, blue rest houses, bulls, chitals, dormitories sambars, are peacocks, available. barking deers, chinkara, monkeys, wild boars, bears and wild dogs are the important faunas of the sanctuary. 7. Chaprala Maharas Gadchir 19.22414722 80.00391667 1986 134.78 The There are Wildlife htra oli sanctuary is a hotels Sanctuary dwelling located place of close to the around 23 sanctuary species of where you mammals can stay like jackal, during your sambar, visit here. common The forest langoor, department jungle fowl, at Chaprala spotted deer, Wildlife black buck, Sanctuary barking deer, also runs a peacock, guesthouse wild boar, here. blue bull etc. Out of 23, 4 species i.e. tiger, jungle cat, leopard, sloth bear are the endangered ones. The 2 endangered species of the reptiles that are found here are common Indian monitar and Indian python. One can also find around 131 species of birds that includes both domestic as well as the migratory birds. 8. Deulgaon- Maharas Ahmedn 18.60326111 74.9715 1980 2.17 The area is Deputy Rehekuri htra agar rich in Conservat Wildlife grassland or of Sanctuary fauna. The Forests, W main species ildlife, are Western Blackbuck, Region, Chinkara, New Wolf and P.M.T. Indian Fox. Building, Swargate, Shankarsh et Road, Pune 411042 Maharasht ra, 9. Dhyangan Maharas Buldhan 20.54297778 76.29225278 1997 205.23 There are There are a Deputy ga htra a two lakes number of Conservat Wildlife within the guest or of Sanctuary 205 sq km houses, Forests sanctuary. lodges and (Wildlife), Leopards, hotels in In front of sloth bears, Buldhana. District barking deer, Court, blue bulls, Railway spotted deer, Station hyenas, Road, jungle cats Ramdaspe and jackals th, Akola- along with 444001 tigers give more attraction. About 150 species of birds are there. 10. Gautala Maharas Auranga 20.34616944 75.14813889 1986 260.61 There are Accommod Deputy Autramgh htra bad and atleast 54 ation is Conservat at Wildlife Jalgaon species of available in or of Sanctuary animals and the forest Forests, W 230 species guest houses ildlife, of birds do at Aurangaba exist in the Bhambarwa d, sanctuary. di and Paripurti, Major wild Puranvadi. Plat animals are No.10, Chinkara, Gurujan Sloth bears, Colony Bats, Housing Wanderoo, Society, Wild boar, Tilak Jungle cat, Nagar, Monkey, Sawarkar Leopard cat, Chowk, A Civet cat, urangabad Barking deer, -425301, Fox, Jackal, Maharasht Langoor, ra, Leopard, Nilgai, Hare, Bats, Grey Langur, Dhole, Wolf etc. Among the bird species, Storks, notable migrants are Cranes, Spoonbills, Storks, Ibis, Pochards, and many other species of Waders. Peafowl has much dominance in the area in addition ground birds such as quail, patridges, Jugale fowl. Reptiles includes snakes- Cobra, Krait, Keel backviper, Python, Rat snake are seen. Monitor Lizzard is also seen in this sanctuary. 11. Great Maharas Solapur 17.82494444 75.87170556 1979 1222.61 The major There are Indian htra and bird species many hotel Bustard Ahmedn have been and private Wildlife agar observed in accommoda Sanctuary newly tion opened areas facilities are Great near the Indian sanctuary. bustard, Indian bushlark, Ashy- crowned sparrow-lark, Rufous-tailed lark, Southern grey shrike, Yellow- wattled lapwing, Red-necked falcon, White-eyed buzzard, Rock bush quail, Barred buttonquail, Grey francolin, Eurasian collared dove, Pied bushchat, Common myna, Large grey babbler, Indian silverbill 12. Jaikwadi Maharas Auranga 19.54801389 75.22818056 1986 341.05 The Rest Houses Assistant Wildlife htra bad and sanctuary has for Conservat Sanctuary Ahmedn attracted accommoda or of agar many species tion are Forests, of resident available at Jaikawadi, and Aurangabad Mandhan migratory and Paithan. e Hospital, birds. Court Among the Road, 200 species Paithan, T of birds aluka found here, Paithan, more than 70 Dist. species of are Osmanaba of migratory d, birds. Maharasht Migratory ra birds coming from Central Asia, Europe, Uzbekistan, Siberia, among others are visible in the region since many days. Some individual species of migratory birds are more than 15000 in number. Among the migratory birds, most common are Domicile Cranes, Flamingos, Brahmany Duck, Pochards Teals, Pintails, Wigeon, Shovellar, God Wit, Glossy Ibis, etc. The Sanctuary is always an attraction for aspirant and experienced Bird watchers. There are plenty of fishes too. Almost 50 species of fishes are found in the area. 13. Kalsubai Maharas Ahmedn 19.40685556 73.777125 1986 361.71 Among Irrigation Deputy Harishcha htra agar mammals, Bungalow, Conservat ndragad Leopard, Krishanvati or of Wildlife Jungle Cat, Bunglow, Forests Sanctuary Palm civet, M.T.D.C.'s (wildlife), Mongoose Resort, "Kale yena, Wolf, Forest rest Bhuvan" Jackal, Fox house are plot No. Wild Boar, places for 71514 barking deer, accommoda (opposite Hare, tion H.P.T.Coll Sambar, bats facilities. ege) etc. Various types of reptiles and birds are also available. 14. Karnala Maharas Raigad 18.88926667 73.13012778 1968 4.48 The For College Fort htra sanctuary accommoda Road, Wildlife abounds in tion, good Nasik, Sanctuary bird life and hotels are 432005, during the available at Maharasht migrating Panvel. ra season from Many October to resorts are April as also many as 140 available in species of the park birds have vicinity, been recorded. Though Karnala is principally a bird sanctuary, many other interesting forms wildlife like wild boar, the four- horned antelope, the muntjak and the common langur also occur here. 15. Karanja Maharas Washim 20.48910833 77.46768056 2000 18.32 The major Sohal htra species is Blackbuck Black-buck. Wildlife Sanctuary 16. Katepurna Maharas Akola 20.41681667 77.18059444 1988 73.63 The For the Wildlife htra and sanctuary is a comfortable Sanctuary Washim home to a stay there wide array of are various animals like hotels in Black buck, Akola. Hyena, Wolf, However, Nilgai, there is no Leopard, accommoda Jungle cat, tion facility Hare, Wild near the boar, sanctuary. Monkey etc. The The chief sanctuary attraction of should be the sanctuary ideally is the visited Barking deer between the and the Four- months of horned October and Antelope. June. One can also see various species of birds like Peafowl, eagles, woodpecker etc. 17. Koyana Maharas Satara 17.67053333 73.74113333 1985 423.55 The Irrigation Wildlife htra sanctuary department Sanctuary shelters rest houses Tigers, are Panthers, available. Gaurs, sloth bears, Sambars, Barking deer, Mouse deer, Dholes, Giant Squirrels, Otters, Common langurs, pythons and Cobras. A unique species such as Bufo koyanansis has only habitat in this protected area. The composition of avian population is largely seen in the dense forest. Heart- spotted, Rufous and Brown- capped woodpeckers , Goshawk, Long tailed Nightjar and Fairy Bluebird recorded at Koyana are rare of other locations in western Ghats. 18. Lonar Maharas Buldhan 19.98163611 76.51256944 2000 1.17 Barious bird There is Deputy Wildlife htra a species MTDC Conservat Sanctuary centering guest house or of Lonar lake. in nearby Forests, area. Wildlife, Bindu chowk, Ganji Galli, Kolhapur. 416 002 India 19. Malvan Maharas Sindhud 16.04980278 73.46269722 1987 29.12 The marine The Marine htra urg flora and sanctuary Wildlife fauna here has Akeri Sanctuary pertain to sea Rest Houses anemones, of the Forest mollusks, Department. polychaetes, pearl oyster, corals, and seaweed. 20. Mansingd Maharas Nagpur 0 0 2010 182.59 Apart from Deputy eo htra tigers, sloth Conservat Wildlife bear, leopard, or of Sanctuary bisons, deer, Forests, sambar, Sawantwa nilgais, wild di Forest boars, jungle Division, cats, barking Sawantwa deer, a di variety of Maharasht bird species, ra India.