{"id":12952,"date":"2026-10-12T11:10:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T05:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12952"},"modified":"2026-10-12T14:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:15:15","slug":"palamu-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/palamu-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Palamu Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Palamu Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, villagers from 25 villages in the Garu region of Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR), Latehar district, voluntarily surrendered 31 country-made guns to support wildlife protection.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Palamu Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located on the <\/span><b>Chhotanagpur plateau in Jharkhand.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reserve <\/span><b>forms a part<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>Betla National Park.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the first 9 tiger reserves created in the country at the <\/span><b>inception of \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/project-tiger-1973\/\" target=\"_blank\">Project Tiger<\/a>\u2019.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>first reserve<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world in <\/span><b>which a tiger census<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was carried out as a <\/span><b>pugmark count,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as early as 1932 under the supervision of J.W. Nicholson.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The terrain is undulating with <\/span><b>valleys, hills, and plains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The geological formation consists of gneiss and includes granite and limestone.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is drained by <\/span><b>three rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>namely North Koyal, Auranga, and Burha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, flowing through the valleys.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The vegetation comprises <\/span><b>moist deciduous and dry deciduous forests.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It mainly consists of Sal and bamboo as the major components.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Some keystone and principal species found in the reserve include Tiger, Asiatic Elephant, Leopard, Grey wolf, Wild dog, Gaur, Sloth bear and four horned antelope.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jharkhandstatenews.com\/article\/top-stories\/12151\/palamu-tiger-reserve-villagers-surrender-31-guns-to-protect-wildlife-in-jharkhand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">JSN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palamu Tiger Reserve is located on the Chhotanagpur plateau in Jharkhand. 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