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Name and Situation:
The area of this division covers the total area of Chilika Wild Life
Sanctuary, entire Chilika Range of old Puri Forest Division and part
of Khalikote Range (Huma and Pallur area) of Ghumusar (South)
Division on the southern side of NH-5. from Pallur junctuion to
Bhusandpur village on Shore of Chilika Lake.
Flora:
Jhau (Casuarina equisetifolia), Kaju (Anacardium occidentale), Nim (Melia
indica), Tentuli(Tamarindus indica)
Fauna
Name of the Sanctuary : Chilika Wild Life Sanctuary
(Notification No.8F(W)-68/87 (Pt.).23403/FFAH; dt.17.12.1987.)
Area of
sanctuary:
(a) Nalban : 6 72 Ha
(b) Buffer Zone : 881 Ha
Total 1553 Ha
Chital (Axis axis),
Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta), Common Langur (Presbytis entellus),
Small Indian Mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus), Jackal (Canis
aureus), Blackbuck (Antelope cervicapra). Both resident and
migratory birds |