Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary

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Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary

News: Officials have been working towards obtaining the National Tiger Reserve Conservation Authority’s approval for declaring Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary as the state’s 2nd tiger reserve.

About:
• The Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Kaimur District and Rohtas District of Bihar, India. It is the largest sanctuary in the state.
• The Kaimur forests are connected to forests in the neighbouring states of Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
• The major forest types in the sanctuary are Tropical Dry Mixed Deciduous, Dry Sal Forests, Boswellia Forests, and Dry Bamboo Brakes.
• The sanctuary is home to animals such as Bengal tigers, Indian leopards, Indian boars, Indian pangolins, sloth bears, sambar deers, Indian muntjacs, Four-horned antelopes, chitals, nilgais and various species of reptiles, insects and butterflies.
• The sanctuary is located in the Rohtas Plateau and Kaimur plateau of Kaimur Range in the south-western part of Bihar.
• There are several waterfalls in the valley portions including Karkat Waterfall, Manjhar Kund, Dhua Kund, Tutla Bhawani waterfall, Geeta ghat waterfall, Kashish Waterfall, and Telhar.