Palamau Tiger Reserve

Palamau Tiger Reserve lies in the western part of the Chhotanagpur plateau in the Jharkhand state of India. The Reserve stretches from the edge of the Netarhat hill range in the south to the Auranga river in the north and from the Latehar-Sarju road in the east to the Madhya Pradesh border in the west. Palamau is the land of Palas and Mahuas and represents the biological richness of the dry and moist deciduous eastern peninsular forests with an interesting association of Sal and Bamboo. The verdant landscape of the Reserve is clothed with stately Sal in the valleys and lower slopes and with dry deciduous forests on the upper slopes and the mound caps in the northern part. Copious bamboo and scattered open grassy patches are very common across the Reserve. Pure patches of Bel (Aegle marmelos) are the unique vegetation types primarily found in the northern part of the Reserve. There are many waterfalls. Viz - Mirchaia near Garu, Suga Bandh Water Falls near Baresand, and Lodh Fall, the highest waterfall in the Jharkhand State. Forest types of the Reserve are: Moist Peninsular Sal, Dry Peninsular Sal, Dry Bamboo Brakes, Northern Dry Mixed Deciduous, Moist Peninsular Low-Level Sal, Northern Secondary Moist Deciduous, and Aegle Forests.

Description

State : Jharkhand

District : Latehar and Garhwa

Coordinates : 23.6850° N, 84.2353° E

Area : 1129.93 Sq.km.

TR Notification year : 1973-1974

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