{"id":369986,"date":"2026-08-21T15:43:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=369986"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:43:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:13:58","slug":"satokosia-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/satokosia-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Satokosia Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Odisha has formed a high-level inquiry committee to investigate the alleged forced relocation of villages from the Satkosia Tiger Reserve, following residents\u2019 claims of eviction from their ancestral homes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Satokosia Tiger Reserve<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_369987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-369987\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-369987\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Map-showing-A-location-of-Satkosia-Tiger-Reserve-in-India-and-B-in-Odisha-C.jpg?resize=222%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Satkosia Tiger Reserve\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Map-showing-A-location-of-Satkosia-Tiger-Reserve-in-India-and-B-in-Odisha-C.jpg?resize=222%2C300&amp;ssl=1 222w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Map-showing-A-location-of-Satkosia-Tiger-Reserve-in-India-and-B-in-Odisha-C.jpg?w=287&amp;ssl=1 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-369987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Research Gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> It is situated in<strong> Odisha<\/strong>. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is spread over <strong>four districts, including Nayagarh, Cuttack, Angul and Boudh.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Naming:<\/strong> The name <strong>\u2018Satkosia\u2019<\/strong> originates from the word<strong> \u2018Sat Kos\u2019 \u2013 \u2018Sat\u2019 meaning seven and \u2018Kos\u2019 meaning two miles,<\/strong> which apparently indicates the 14 miles length of the gorge of River Mahanadi that crosses this wildlife region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Area:<\/strong> It covers an <strong>area of approx. 963 sq. km.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Establish Year:<\/strong> It was established in<strong> 2007.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It comprises<strong> two adjoining sanctuaries, namely Baisipalli Sanctuary and Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Rivers associated: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mahanadi-river\/\">Mahanadi<\/a> and Satkosia river<\/strong> flows nearby and through the reserve area.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vegetation:<\/strong> The reserve is characterized by <strong>North Indian tropical moist deciduous forests and moist peninsular low-level sal forests.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"149\">Flora:<\/strong> <strong>Sal <\/strong>is the<strong> dominant tree species <\/strong>in the reserve. Other associated species includ<strong>e Asan, Dhaura, Bamboo, and Simal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Fauna:<\/strong> It inhabits species such as<strong> tigers, leopards, elephants, spotted deer, sambar, chowsingha, barking deer, bison, wild dogs<\/strong>, sloth bears, jackals, giant squirrels, and porcupines. <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also provides a natural habitat for<strong> two endangered species the freshwater crocodile and the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/crocodile\/\">gharial<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Odisha has formed a high-level inquiry committee to investigate the alleged forced relocation of villages from the Satkosia Tiger Reserve, following residents\u2019 claims of eviction from their ancestral homes. About Satokosia Tiger Reserve Location: It is situated in Odisha. It is spread over four districts, including Nayagarh, Cuttack, Angul and Boudh. Naming: The name&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/satokosia-tiger-reserve\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Satokosia Tiger Reserve<\/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-369986","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\/369986","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=369986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}