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Jim Corbett National Park IUCN category II (national park) Bengal tiger in Corbett National Park Show map of Uttarakhand Show map of India Location Nainital,Uttarakhand, India Nearest city Ramnagar, Kotdwar Coordinates 29°32′55″N 78°56′7″E / 29.54861°N 78.93528°E / 29.54861; 78.93528 Area 1,318 km 2 Established 1936 Visitors 500,000 (in 1999) Governing body Project ...
Ramnagar is a gateway to the Corbett National Park, [2] [3] the oldest national park and a famous tourist destination. The Garjiya Devi Temple [4] [5] and Sitabani temple, Sitabani Wildlife Reserve [6] located nearby also attract many visitors. Uttarakhand Board of School Education is headquartered in Ramnagar. The board was set up in 2001, and ...
Jim Corbett National Park: First national park in India (established in 1936 as Hailey National Park). Report titled ‘Status of Tigers Co-predators and Prey in India’, released by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for 2018-19 revealed that national park has 14 tigers per 100 square kilometers which is highest in ...
There are 12 National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries covering 13.8 percent of the total area of the state. [13] Nanda Devi National Park (biosphere reserve) and Valley of Flowers National Park are UNESCO World Heritage sites. [14] Also, people visit Jim Corbett in large numbers for Jeep and Canter Safari. [15]
Jim Corbett National Park is one of the oldest national parks in India, covering 1,318 km2. Bengal Tigers, leopards, deer, elephants, and bears can be easily seen in the park. On 27 November 2017, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated the Jim Corbett National Park entry from Kotdwar.
Garjiya Devi Temple on the Kosi River The statue of Garjiya Devi at Garjiya Devi Temple, Ramnagar. Garjiya Devi Temple is a hindu Devi temple located in the Garjiya village 14 km north of the city Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, India, on the outskirts of the Corbett National Park. [1]
Corbett increasingly disdained what he saw as the rapacious extermination of India's forests and wildlife, and fervently promoted wildlife photography as an alternative to trophy hunting. He played a major role in the creation of India's first wildlife reserve in 1934; it was renamed Jim Corbett National Park after his death.
Amangarh Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh is a buffer zone of Jim Corbett National Park and may not be regarded as a separate tiger reserve. It has a buffer zone of 80.6 km 2 (31.1 sq mi) but no core area of critical tiger habitat. [16] [17]