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{{Short description|Wildlife sanctuary in India}}
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Bagdara Wildlife Sanctuary
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| iucn_category = IV
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| map = India Madhya Pradesh
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| location = [[Sidhi]] and [[Singrauli]] districts<br />[[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]
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| area = {{Convert|478|km2|abbr=on}}
| established = 1978
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| governing_body = Government of Madhya Pradesh
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'''Bagdara Wildlife Sanctuary''' is a [[Nature reserve|wildlife sanctuary]] located in [[Singrauli District]] and [[Sidhi district]] of the Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Tiwari |first=Shiv Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C_1BLUk6RYcC&dq=Bagdara+Wildlife+Sanctuary&pg=PA76 |title=National Parks of Madhya Pradesh: State of Bio Diversity and Human Infringement |date=1998 |publisher=APH Publishing |isbn=978-81-7024-950-4 |language=en}}</ref>

==Overview==
Bagdara Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary spread across the [[Vindhya Range|Vindhya mountain ranges]] and plains in [[Singrauli district]] of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.<ref name="MP">{{cite web |title=Bagdara wildlife sanctuary wildlife & tourism information at Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh |url=https://www.madhya-pradesh-tourism.com/destination/Bagdara-Wildlife-Sanctuary-11 |website=www.madhya-pradesh-tourism.com}}</ref> The total area of sanctuary is 478 square kilometers, of which 231.05 square kilometers is protected forest.<ref name="WII">{{cite web |title=Assessing the Potential for Reintroducing the Cheetah in India |url=https://wii.gov.in/images/publications/researchreports/2010/cheeta_report_2010.pdf}} Page: 69</ref> The [[Belan River]] flows through the boundaries of Bagdara and [[Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary|Kaimur]] wildlife sanctuaries on the northern side of the sanctuary, while the [[Sone River]] forms the southern boundary.<ref name="WII"/> The wildlife sanctuary is bordered by the districts of [[Mirzapur district|Mirzapur]] (north, west) and [[Sonbhadra district|Sonbhadra]] (north, east) of [[Uttar Pradesh]], and [[Rewa district]] of Madhya Pradesh (west).<ref name="zoology">{{cite journal |last1=Dwivedi |first1=Ajendra |title=Taxonomic study on mammalian resources of Bagdara sanctuary, Sidhi (M.P.) |journal=International Journal of Zoology Studies |date=January 2018 |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=39–43 |url=https://www.zoologyjournals.com/assets/archives/2018/vol3issue1/2-6-90-331.pdf |issn=2455-7269}}</ref>

The wildlife sanctuary area, except for the protected forest area, is inhabited. Villages like Bagdara revenue village, Bichhi, etc. are located inside the sanctuary.<ref name=":0" /> Total human population inside the sanctuary is 20,107.<ref name=":0" /> Tribal communities such as [[Gondi people|Gonds]], [[Kol people|Kols]], and [[Baiga|Baigas]] live here.<ref name="WII"/>

==Origin of name==
The word "Bagdara", which literally means "home of tigers", is a combination of the words "bag" meaning tiger and "dara" meaning house.<ref name="MP"/>

==Flora and fauna==
83 species belonging to 72 genera and 34 angiosperm families were recorded from the [[Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests|mixed deciduous forest]] of the Bagdara Wildlife Sanctuary.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} Species like [[Boswellia serrata]], [[Adina cordifolia]], [[Madhuca longifolia]], [[Butea monosperma]], [[Senegalia catechu]] and [[Woodfordia fruticosa]] are found here.<ref name="WII"/> Other than [[Bengal tiger]]s, sanctuary is also home to animals like [[Indian leopard]], [[Asian elephant]], [[Himalayan black bear]], [[Indian wolf]], [[blackbuck]], [[nilgai]], [[chinkara]], [[sambar deer]], [[chital]], [[hyena]], [[jackal]], [[Bengal fox]], [[colobinae]] and [[sloth bear]].<ref name="WII"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Wildlife Sanctuaries In Madhya Pradesh |url=https://www.theenews.in/blogs/wildlife-sanctuaries-in-madhya-pradesh/ |work=the enews |date=3 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
Bagdara Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1978.<ref name="MP"/> Recognizing the need to protect tigers and their natural habitat, the Indian government selected this area, one of the major tiger habitats in [[Madhya Pradesh]], to be a wildlife sanctuary.

==To reach here==
Although located in [[Madhya Pradesh]] state, the sanctuary is in the border with [[Uttar Pradesh]] and the nearest town and railway station is [[Mirzapur]] in Uttar Pradesh and nearest airport is [[Varanasi]] in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Negi |first=Sharad Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JYFmoOWfmX8C&dq=Bagdara+Wildlife+Sanctuary&pg=PA97 |title=Handbook of National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, and Biosphere Reserves in India |date=2002 |publisher=Indus Publishing |isbn=978-81-7387-128-3 |pages=97 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:1978 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1978]]

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DyanLeMessurier at 16:56, 22 February 2026