Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve

The Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve is located in the Gariaband and Dhamtari Districts of Chhattisgarh. Several waterfalls, such as Godena and Deodhara, add richness to the scenic beauty of this natural landscape. The reserve is endowed with rich biodiversity and forests. The drainage system of the Tiger Reserve consists of Mahanadi as the main river, along with Udanti, Sitanadi, Indravan, and Pairi Rivers as tributaries. The Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve includes the Udanti & Sitanadi Wildlife Sanctuaries, some parts of Tourenga, Mainpur, Indagaon, and Kulhadighat ranges of Udanti Forest Division, Gariaband District, parts of Dhawalpur range of East Raipur and parts of Sankara range of Dhamatari Forest Division, Dhamtari District. The Core I (Udanti) of the Tiger Reserve was declared as Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary in 1984 by the then undivided Government of Madhya Pradesh. It is a small but essential Wildlife Sanctuary located in the Gariyaband district of Chhattisgarh. Apart from having suitable habitat for tigers, it is also contiguous to the Khariar Forest Division of Odisha State and acts as a Buffer for Sonabeda WLS. The forest types of USTR are "Tropical Peninsular Sal forest and Southern Tropical Dry Deciduous Mixed forest" (Champion & Seth, 1968).

Description

State : Chhattisgarh

District :Raipur, Gariaband and Dhamtar

Coordinates : 19°55’ N, 80°30’ E

Area : 1842.54 Sq.km.

TR Notification year :2008-2009

Tiger Population : 01 (All India Tiger Esitmation, 2018)