{"id":350347,"date":"2025-11-20T17:31:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=350347"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:02:09","slug":"ratanmahal-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ratanmahal-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Over three decades after tigers became extinct in Gujarat, the arrival of tiger in Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary has sparked fresh optimism about reviving the species in Gujarat.<\/p>\n<h2>About Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_350366\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350366\" style=\"width: 355px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-350366 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Gujarat-Tourism.jpg?resize=355%2C334&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary\" width=\"355\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Gujarat-Tourism.jpg?resize=300%2C282&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Gujarat-Tourism.jpg?resize=768%2C722&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-Gujarat-Tourism.jpg?w=879&amp;ssl=1 879w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-350366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Gujarat Tourism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> The Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected forest area located in the <strong>Dahod district of Gujarat<\/strong>, near the <strong>border with Madhya Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The sanctuary was declared a <strong>Wildlife Sanctuary in March 1982.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The sanctuary <strong>harbours the highest population of sloth bears<\/strong> in Gujarat.\n<ul>\n<li>It is known by an alternate name of &#8220;<strong>Ratanmahal Sloth Bear Sanctuary&#8221;<\/strong> also.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rivers:<\/strong>\u00a0The forests of Ratanmahal form the catchment area of the <strong>Panam River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Forest Types:<\/strong> The forests of the sanctuary include<strong> dry teak forests at the foothills.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mixed deciduous forests<\/strong> occupy the central parts of the sanctuary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora:<\/strong> The sanctuary contains species such as <strong>teak, dudhlo, sadad, timru, amla, bamboo, dhavdo, kakadiyo, mahuda, tanach, charoli, ber, jamun, and khakhro<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna:<\/strong> <strong>Sloth bear, Leopards, Striped hyenas, jackals, four-horned antelope, Mongoose and porcupine species, Civet cats, jungle cats and Hanuman langurs<\/strong> are found here.\n<ul>\n<li>A<strong> total of 147 bird species<\/strong> have been recorded in Ratanmahal Sanctuary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Over three decades after tigers became extinct in Gujarat, the arrival of tiger in Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary has sparked fresh optimism about reviving the species in Gujarat. About Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary Location: The Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected forest area located in the Dahod district of Gujarat, near the border with Madhya Pradesh.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ratanmahal-wildlife-sanctuary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-350347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}