{"id":375175,"date":"2026-11-06T15:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T10:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=375175"},"modified":"2026-11-06T15:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T10:23:17","slug":"gomarda-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gomarda-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Chhattisgarh will bring back blackbucks to Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary after more than five decades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_375185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375185\" style=\"width: 248px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-375185\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-ResearchGate.jpg?resize=248%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-ResearchGate.jpg?resize=248%2C300&amp;ssl=1 248w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-ResearchGate.jpg?w=544&amp;ssl=1 544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-375185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ResearchGate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong> is located at <strong>Raigarh in Chhattisgarh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Establish year:<\/strong> It\u00a0was notified as a wildlife sanctuary in <strong>1975<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Area:<\/strong> It spans in an area o<strong>f 277.82 sq. km\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Surrounding hills:<\/strong> <strong>Rathan, Budhaghat, Gomarda and Danav Karwat<\/strong> are the surrounding hills.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terrain:<\/strong> \u00a0The terrain is<strong> gently undulating, with numerous boulders and rocks<\/strong>, unfit for cultivation, and hence naturally protected.<\/li>\n<li><strong>River flowing through it: <\/strong><strong>Laat and Manai river <\/strong>flows through the core area of the sanctuary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Waterfalls:<\/strong> It has\u00a0<strong>Adhar Paani, Khapan and Madosilli waterfalls<\/strong>are located within the Sanctuary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rainfall:<\/strong> \u00a0It receives <strong>1400-1500 mm of rainfall in a year<\/strong> .<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vegetation:<\/strong> The vegetation is<strong> typical Tropical Dry Deciduous forest and mixed forests.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora:<\/strong> Important tree species reported from the sanctuary include <strong>sal, teak, bamboo, Terminalia species, bija, tendu, saja and mahua.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna:<\/strong> Common animal species found in the sanctury include<strong> Sambar, Gaur, Barking Deer, Chinkara, Muntjac, Sloth Bear, Wild Boar, Dhole (Wild Dog) and Jackal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Recent development:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>50 <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blackbuck-antilope-cervicapra\/\">Blackbuck<\/a> will be translocated from Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong> to Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/li>\n<li>They will be <strong>reintroduced to Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary after more than five decades.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Blackbucks had disappeared from the region by the<strong> 1970s due to hunting, poaching, encroachment and developmental activities.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Chhattisgarh will bring back blackbucks to Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary after more than five decades. About Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary The Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary is located at Raigarh in Chhattisgarh. Establish year: It\u00a0was notified as a wildlife sanctuary in 1975 Area: It spans in an area of 277.82 sq. km\u00a0 Surrounding hills: Rathan, Budhaghat, Gomarda and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gomarda-wildlife-sanctuary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary<\/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":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-375175","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-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375175","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=375175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}