Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, Uddham Singh Nagar
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About Pilibhit Tiger Reserve
The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve is situated in the Pilibhit district and Shahjahanpur District of Uttar Pradesh, forming part of the Terai Arc Landscape, in the upper Gangetic Plain Biogeographic Province. Some river originating from the reserve, which is also the catchment of several others like Sharda, Chuka and Mala ,Khannot. The habitat is characterized by sal forests, tall grasslands and swamp maintained by periodic flooding from rivers. The Sharda Sagar Dam extending up to a length of 22 km. is on the boundary of the reserve. It lies along the India-Nepal border in the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains of the ‘terai’ in Uttar Pradesh. It is part of the Terai arc tiger landscape. It is one of India's 50 Project Tiger Tiger reserves.Pilibhit is one of the few well-forested districts in Uttar Pradesh. According to an estimate of the year 2018, Pilibhit district has over 800 km2 (310 sq mi) forests, constituting roughly 23% of the district’s total area. Forests in Pilibhit have at least 54 Tiger and a good prey base which includes five species of deer Viz. Spotted Deer, Swamp Deer, Hog Deer, Barking Deer, and blackbuck for their survival.
History
With Jim Corbett National Park going to Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh always wanted to develop the Pilibhit forests area as a home for the big cat. A proposal, created in 2005, to make a home for the endangered cats in Pilibhit forests was sent to the government of India in April 2008. Pilibhit Tiger Reserve was declared as the 46th Tiger reserve of India in June 2014 on the basis of its special type of ecosystem with vast open spaces and sufficient feed for the elegant predators.
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