Wildlife
Parks & Sanctuary In India
Dudhwa National Park Fact
File
General Information
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Area
Core
Buffer
Kishanpur
LongitudeLatitudeAltitudeRainfallTemperatureSeasons
Winter
Summer
Monsoon
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883.7390
sq. km.
490.2919 sq. km.
190.0371 sq. km.
203.4100 sq. km.
80º28' E and 80º57' E 80º E to 80º50' E
(Kishanpur) 28º18' N and 28º42' N (Dudhwa) 28º
N to 28º42' N (Kishanpur) 150-182 m above m.s.1 1500 mm Min
2.8ºC - Max 45ºC Mid-October to Mid-March Mid-March to
Mid- June Mid-June to Mid October
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Tourism From 1991-92 to 1996-97, about 5200
tourists visited the National Park area per year.
Highways
Tow P.W.D road namely Dudhwala-Gauriphant and Dhudhwal Chandan chauki pas
through the National Park while the Mailiani-Bhira-Palia road passes through
the Reserve.
Diseases None
Encroachment
There is an old encroachment of 61.01 ha. At Gol Bhojhi of a Taungya
village and some very minor old encroachments. Besides, there is a village
called Surma, also classified as an encroachment. Of the 93 families in the
village, 24 have been rehabilitated. Effort are on to rehabilitate the
remaining families out of the Reserve. The area involved in this
encroachment is about 215 ha.
Other Weeds
Some of the grassland are infested with the weed., Cymbopogan martini.
Dense mats of tiliacora species, another weed, have developed in large
portion of the Sal forest. These weeds are inedible and are spreading
reapidly, making the affected areas inhospitable for herbivores.
Railways
The Palia-dudhwa-Belreyien section of Gonda-Bareilly railways line passes
through the National park. It also passes through the Sanctuary between
Bhira and Mailani.
Smuggling Some smuggling activity
occurs across the international border.