Amba Barwa Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra
Amba Barwa Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary situated in Satpuda hills of Buldhana District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. This sanctuary forms a part of the larger Melghat Tiger Reserve. The sanctuary was established on 9th April 1997. The Sanctuary is under the Chief Conservator of forest and Field Director, Melghat Tiger Reserve with headquarters at Amravati.
The Wildlife Sanctuary
The sanctuary area include reserved forest of about 102.10 sq. km, protected forest of about 22.62 Sq. km and remaining land is private cultivation and Abadi lands from ex-forest villages of Ambabarwa, Chunkhadi and Rohinkhidki of Sangrampur Taluka of Buldhana District. The tourist zone of the sanctuary is 21.26 sq. km comprising eight forest compartments.
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Flora:
The sanctuary comprises of tropical evergreen forests. Some of the tree species found in the forest are crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia parviflora), Indian ash tree (Lannea coromandelica), Indian gooseberry (Emblica officinalis), Asna tree (Terminalia tomentosa), dhawada tree (Anogeissus latifolia), Teak (Ougeinia oojeinensis), Indian frankincense (Boswellia serrata), Sweet Indrajao (wrightia tinctoria), golden shower tree (Cassia fistula), Miliusa tomentosa, yellow bauhinia (Bauhinia racemosa), and Flame of the forest (Butea monosperma).
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Fauna:
The main fauna found in this reserve are tigers, leopards, sloth bears, wild dogs, dhole, jackal, sambar, gaur, barking deer, spotted deer, blue bull, Chausingha, ratel, flying squirrel, wild boar, rhesus macaque, porcupine, pangolin, mouse deer, black-naped hare, python, Indian vulture, forest owlet, and green avadavat.
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Connectivity
The sanctuary is located at about 6
Kms from Tunki, 19 Kms from Sangrampur, 28 Kms from Jalgaon Jamod, 45 Kms from Akot,
45 Kms from Akot Railway Station, 109 Kms from Buldana and 286 Kms from Nagpur
Airport. The sanctuary is situated at about 6 Kms to the north-west of Tunki on
Jalgaon Jamod to Akot route.
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