With a total size of 1,334 km2 (515 sq mi), Ranthambore National Park is an Indian national park located in Rajasthan. The Chambal River and the Banas River form its northern and southern boundaries, respectively. It is so called because the park’s inside contains the illustrious Ranthambore Fort.
History:
The first 282 km2 (109 sq mi) of Ranthambore National Park were created as Sawai Madhopur Game Sanctuary in 1955. It was designated as one of the Project Tiger reserves in 1973, and on 1 November 1980 it was made a national park. The nearby woodlands were designated the Sawai Man Singh and Keladevi Sanctuary in 1984. The adjacent Keladevi Sanctuary in the north and Sawai Mansingh Sanctuary in the south, together with additional woods, were added to the Tiger Reserve in 1992.
Features:
There are wide grassy meadows and dry deciduous trees in Ranthambore National Park. The park’s vegetation consists of 539 different types of blooming plants.
The Chauhan kings of the 10th century constructed Ranthambore Fort 210 meters (700 feet) above the nearby plain. Three red Karauli stone temples to Ganesh, Shiva, and Ramlalaji are located inside the fort. Lord Sumatinath and Lord Sambhavanath have temples at Digamber, India. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the temples were built.
The largest lake in the park is called Padam Talao. At the shore of the lake lies a Jogi Mahal made of red sandstone. Near the lake lies a massive banyan tree that is thought to be the second biggest in all of India.
Including the buffer zone, the national park has a total size of 392 km2 (151 sq mi). Approximately 275 km2 (106 sq mi) make up the center. The size of the tiger reserve was around 334 km2 (129 sq mi). It now occupies 1,334 km2 (515 sq mi) of space. There are between 215 and 505 meters in elevation above mean sea level. The area has rocky terrain, open bushland, and deep tropical dry forest, with lakes and streams dotted throughout. Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous woods are included in the ecoregion.
Wildlife:
The Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, caracal, jungle cat, rusty-spotted cat, Indian elephant, wild water buffalo, gaur, nilgai, blackbuck, chinkara, chousingha, wild boar, chital, sambar, Asian palm civet, long-eared hedgehog, Northern palm squirrel, Indian porcupine, Indian hare, and lesser spotted deer are all found in Ranthambore National Park One of India’s largest banyan trees may be found at the sanctuary along with a broad variety of other trees, plants, birds, and reptiles.
Tigers:
The abundance of tigers in Ranthambore is well-known. Due to poaching and other factors, the tiger population in Ranthambhore has decreased during the past few years. In 2005, there were 25 tigers, and there were 48 in 2013. There were 62 tigers in Ranthambore National Park as of 2014.
Ecosystem valuation:
The tiger reserve’s flow benefits are worth 8.3 billion rupees (0.56 lakh/hectare) yearly, according to economic evaluation. Some of the significant benefits provided by the tiger reserve included gene-pool conservation (7.11 billion), water provision to the neighboring region (115 million), and habitat and refuges for animals (182 million). The cycling of nutrients (34 million) and the sequestration of carbon (69 million) were additional services.
