Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary received all clearances to become the Rajasthan’s fourth and country’s 52nd tiger reserve.
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The tigers were believed to have disappeared from the sanctuary in 1999. After CM Ashok Gehlot announced to upgrade the forest into a reserve, the process was expedited.
The total area of 1,017 sq. km that has been identified as the reserve area comprising two forest blocks of Bhilwara, territorial forest block of Bundi and Indargarh, which falls under buffer zone of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR).
In 1982, a part of the forest was declared as Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary under Section 5 of the Rajasthan Wild Animals and Birds Protection Act, 1951.
The core area of the Ramgarh Vishdhari has eight villages. The sanctuary has leopards, sambhars, chitals, wildboars, etc.
