{"id":359899,"date":"2026-04-03T16:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=359899"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:04:07","slug":"dudhwa-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dudhwa-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Dudhwa Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The Opposition criticized the Uttar Pradesh government after a tigress died after being hit by a train in Dudhwa buffer zone.<\/p>\n<h2>About Dudhwa Tiger Reserve<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_359902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-359902\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-359902\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-Dudhwa-NP.jpg?resize=420%2C248&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dudhwa Tiger Reserve\" width=\"420\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-Dudhwa-NP.jpg?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Source-Dudhwa-NP.jpg?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-359902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Dudhwa NP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> It is located on the <strong>Indo-Nepal border<\/strong> in <strong>Lakhimpur-Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh in the Terai region.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Establishment:<\/strong> It was established as a <strong>Tiger Reserve in 1988 <\/strong>under<strong> Project Tiger.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Constituent areas:<\/strong> It comprises <strong>Dudhwa National Park<\/strong>, <strong>Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topography:<\/strong> It is a <strong>typical Tarai-Bhabar habitat<\/strong> of the <strong>upper<\/strong> Gangetic plains biogeographic province.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rivers:<\/strong>\u00a0The reserve is drained by the <strong>Sharda (near Kishanpur), Geruwa (through Katarniaghat), and Suheli and Mohana streams (in Dudhwa National Park),<\/strong> all <strong>tributaries <\/strong>of the<strong> Ghagra River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vegetation:<\/strong> It has <strong>North Indian Moist Deciduous vegetation<\/strong> with dominant <strong>Sal forests<\/strong> and associated species like Terminalia alata, Lagerstroemia parviflora, and Adina cordifolia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna:<\/strong> It includes <strong>tiger, leopard, swamp deer, rhinoceros<\/strong>, chital, hog deer, barking deer, sambar, wild boar, and ratel.\n<ul>\n<li>It has about <strong>400 bird species<\/strong> such as florican and black-necked stork.<\/li>\n<li>It is a biodiversity hotspot with interlinked food chains and ranked <strong>4th in All-India Tiger Census 2022<\/strong> with about <strong>135 tigers and 180 butterfly species<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Opposition criticized the Uttar Pradesh government after a tigress died after being hit by a train in Dudhwa buffer zone. 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