Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary

The Sanctuary is located in Bundi, Bhilwara and Kota districts of Rajasthan. It was declared as a wildlife sanctuary in 1982. It was declared a tiger reserve in 2022. It encompasses the area of Ramgarh Sanctuary, a section of the National Gharial Sanctuary (NGS), and the territorial forest areas of the Bundi and Bhilwara divisions. The total area of the reserve is 1,501.89 km² (579.88 sq mi), including a core of 481.90 km² (186.06 sq mi) and buffer of 1,019.98 km² (393.82 sq mi). It connects Ranthambore National Park with Mukundara Hills National Park. The Mej river, a tributary of the Chambal River, flows through the tiger reserve. ^[3][4]

The sanctuary hosts wild animals including the Sambar deer, Chital, wild boar, Indian wolf, leopard, striped hyena, sloth bear, golden jackal, chinkara, and nilgai.^[1][3]

Although tigers once inhabited the Ramgarh area, they later became locally extinct or dispersed. Following its designation as a tiger reserve, individuals were translocated back into the region; notably, a tiger from Sariska that had wandered into Jhabua Haryana was relocated to Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve.By December 2024, the reserve supported four adult tigers and three cubs. ^[5][6][7]

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• Sharma, O. P. "Vegetation and Characteristics of Different Physical Regions of Ramgarh VishdharyWildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan." (2022).