{"id":4266,"date":"2023-01-22T12:48:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T07:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4266"},"modified":"2025-03-26T22:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T17:25:46","slug":"ballavpur-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ballavpur-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballavpur Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Ballavpur Wildlife Sanctuary:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It was <strong>established in 1977.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0 is <strong>also known as Deer Park.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: It is located near <strong>Santiniketan <\/strong>in Bolpur subdivision of <strong>Birbhum District of West Bengal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Area<\/strong>: <strong>200 hectares<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Elevation<\/strong>: It has an average elevation of <strong>56 meters.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora<\/strong>: The sanctuary has d<strong>ense local vegetation of Sal, Akashmoni, Sishoo, Cashewnut, Amlaki, Bahera and Haritaki.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna<\/strong>: The sanctuary has a <strong>deer conservation park<\/strong> which is home to a large number of deer including <strong>Cheethals (Spotted Deer)<\/strong> and the <strong>Blackbucks<\/strong>. Other animals include <strong>jackals<\/strong>, <strong>foxes <\/strong>and a variety of <strong>water birds<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is home to three large lakes which <strong>hosts a large number of migratory birds<\/strong> every year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is Santiniketan famous for?<\/h3>\n<p>Santiniketan is a popular tourist attraction of international\u00a0 repute. It is a famous cultural and heritage place of historical importance.\u00a0 Rabindranath lived here and penned many of his literary classics. It is also famous for its fairs and festivals like Poush Mela<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/bird-watchers-raise-concern-over-fewer-migratory-birds-in-bengal-sanctuary\/article66416461.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Bird watchers raise concern over &#8216;fewer&#8217; migratory birds in Bengal sanctuary<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ballavpur Wildlife Sanctuary also known as Deer Park, located in West Bengal was established in 1977.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}