Bor Wildlife Sanctuary

Bor Tiger Reserve is a wildlife sanctuary which was declared as a tiger reserve in July 2014. It is located near Hingani in Wardha District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is a home to a variety of wild animals. The reserve covers an area of 138.12km2. which includes the drainage basin of the Bor Dam.It is notable that Bor Tiger Reserve and some adjacent protected areas will be merged with Pench Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) as a 'Satellite core area', to more than double the area of that well established tiger reserve.Bor Tiger Reserve is centrally located among several other Bengal tiger habitats including: Pench Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, 90km2 to the northeast; Nagzira Navegaon Tiger Reserve, 125km2 to the east northeast; Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary, 75km2 to the east southeast; Tadoba - Andhari Tiger Reserve, 85km2 to the southeast; Melghat Tiger Reserve, 140km2 to the west northwest and Satpura National Park and Tiger Reserve,160km2 to the northwest.ZonesIn April, 2012, the Maharashtra state government issued a notification adding 60km2 to the old 61.1km2 area of Bor Sanctuary. The new Core Zone of 115.92km2 is the most protected and inviolate part of the sanctuary where the public is not allowed. It comprises 95.7% of the total area. Most of the core area is contiguous with good forest of Wardha Forest Division and Nagpur Forest Division. See Map of Bor Wildlife Sanctuary.