{"id":13144,"date":"2026-07-15T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13144"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:04:26","slug":"valmiki-tiger-reserve-vtr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/valmiki-tiger-reserve-vtr\/","title":{"rendered":"Valmiki Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Valmiki Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in West Champaran is emerging as one of the state\u2019s richest reptile habitats with more than 45 species of snakes recorded in its forests.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Valmiki 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 at the <\/span><b>India-Nepal border<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the northern part of the <\/span><b>West Champaran District of Bihar.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It forms the easternmost limit of the <\/span><b>Himalayan <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/terai\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terai forests<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India and <\/span><b>is the only tiger reserve of Bihar.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It comprises the <\/span><b>Valmiki National Park and the Valmiki Wild Sanctuary.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is Situated in the <\/span><b>Gangetic Plains bio-geographic zone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the country, the forest has a combination of Bhabar and Terai tracts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordered by:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is surrounded by the <\/span><b>Royal Chitwan National Park of Nepal in<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the north and the <\/span><b>river Gandak on the western side<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Rivers Gandak, Pandai, Manor, Harha, Masan, and Bhapsa flow through various parts of the reserve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The reserve boasts a variety of vegetation types, including <\/span><b>tropical wet deciduous forests, grasslands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, savannas, and riverine forests.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b> <b>Sal trees dominate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the forests, but the region also features species like teak, bamboo, semal, and khair.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tiger, leopard, fishing cat, leopard cat, sambar, hog deer, spotted deer, black buck, gaur, sloth bear, langur, rhesus monkey, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/patna\/valmiki-tiger-reserve-emerges-as-bihars-snake-hotspot\/articleshow\/132392117.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valmiki Tiger Reserve is located at the India-Nepal border in the northern part of the West Champaran District of Bihar. 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