TAMOR PINGLA TIGER RESERVE

ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

TAMOR PINGLA TIGER RESERVE

Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla in Chhattisgarh has been notified as the 56th tiger reserve of the country.

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

• Location: The tiger reserve is nestled in the Chota Nagpur plateau and partly in Baghelkhand plateau.
• It is spread across Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur, Korea, Surajpur and Balrampur districts of Chhattisgarh.
• Flora: The reserve is part of the Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests, hosting Sal, Teak etc.
• Fauna: Asian elephant, Bengal tiger, nilgai, chousingha, dhole, pythons, red jungle fowl, gray jungle fowl and green pigeon etc.
• Corridor Connectivity: The forests of Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla, act as a corridor between the Bandhavgarh tiger reserves (MP) and Palamu tiger reserves (Jharkhand).