Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary, founded in 1977, is located in Chitrakoot district of

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. It is spread over 230 km² and is noted for its diverse wildlife, but is not very frequently visited by tourists because of the difficult access. In 2022, it became a

tiger reserve Project Tiger is a wildlife conservation movement initiated in India to protect the endangered tiger. The project was initiated in 1973 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the Government of India. As of March 2025, there ...

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This is also the Second tiger Reserve in the

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region and First in Uttar Pradesh part of Bundelkhand. Though there are no tigers inside the Sanctuary, the tigers from nearby Panna Tiger Reserve often visits this region.

Attractions

It is the natural habitat of several animals and birds including tigers, leopards, sloth bears, sambars, blackbucks, peafowl, spur fowl, jungle fowl, painted partridges,kingfisher,sparrow, fishing cats and chinkaras.

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Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary
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