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{{Infobox protected area<br />
| name = Nanmangalam Reserve Forest<br />
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| photo = <br />
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| photo_caption = Nanmangalam Reserve Forest<br />
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| map = India Chennai<br />
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| map_caption = Location in Chengalpattu, India<br />
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| location = [[Chengalpattu District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| nearest_city = [[Chennai]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|12.927|80.172|type:forest_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| area_km2 = 3.2<br />
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| governing_body = Tamil Nadu Forest Department<br />
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| url = {{URL | www.forests.tn.nic.in/ | forests.tn.nic.in}}<br />
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'''Nanmangalam Reserve Forest''' is a protected forest located in [[Chengalpattu district]], about 24&nbsp;km from the city centre. It is located at [[Medavakkam]] on Velachery High Road between [[Velachery]] and [[Tambaram]]. The [[reserve forest]] has an area of 320 hectares. However, the total area of the forest is 2,400 hectares.<ref name="EncroachmentsRemoved">{{cite news <br />
| title = After 14 years, encroachments in Nanmangalam reserve forest removed <br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| date = 30 July 2009<br />
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-30/chennai/28183139_1_forest-officials-reserve-forest-encroachments<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120927050956/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-30/chennai/28183139_1_forest-officials-reserve-forest-encroachments<br />
| url-status = dead<br />
| archive-date = 27 September 2012<br />
| newspaper = [[The Times of India]]<br />
| access-date = 6 Jan 2012}}</ref><br />
[[File:Red wattled Lapwing I IMG 0596.jpg|thumb|right|Red-wattled lapwing]]<br />
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==The forest==<br />
The forest is popular among [[bird watcher]]s and is home to about 85 species of birds. [[Red-wattled lapwing]], [[Hoopoe]], [[crested honey buzzard]], [[grey partridge]], [[coucal]], [[Indian eagle-owl]], [[white-breasted kingfisher]], [[pied kingfisher]], [[Jerdon's bush lark|southern bush lark]] and [[red-whiskered bulbul]] are commonly seen in the area.<ref>{{cite news<br />
| title = A forest in the urban jungle <br />
| newspaper = The Hindu<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2007/11/28/stories/2007112850460100.htm<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100419143306/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2007/11/28/stories/2007112850460100.htm<br />
| url-status = usurped<br />
| archive-date = 19 April 2010<br />
}}</ref><br />
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The 320-hectare Nanmangalam Reserved Forest, located about 10&nbsp;km from Velachery, is a scrubland around an abandoned granite quarry<ref name="ChennaisEcoSpots">{{cite news <br />
| last = Padmanabhan<br />
| first = Geeta<br />
| title = Chennai's eco spots <br />
| newspaper = The Hindu<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| date = 9 January 2012<br />
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/leisure/article2787737.ece<br />
| access-date = 9 Jan 2012}}</ref> and is home to some of the rare territorial orchids, according to a recent study.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}<br />
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The state forest department has entrusted the work of data collection in this small forest area to Care Earth, a bio-diversity research organisation. Located near Medavakkam, a rapidly developing residential locality, the forest needs immediate fencing to protect it from encroachment and to curtail any non-forestry activity there, the study says.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}<br />
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The neighbourhood of Nanmangalam is one of the 163 notified areas ([[Megalith|megalithic sites]]) in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="Hindu_NISModifiesExpansionPlan">{{cite news<br />
| last = Madhavan<br />
| first = D.<br />
| title = National Institute of Siddha modifies expansion plan <br />
| newspaper = The Hindu<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| date = 20 December 2012<br />
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/national-institute-of-siddha-modifies-expansion-plan/article4218676.ece<br />
| access-date = 23 Dec 2012}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Birding in Chennai]]<br />
* [[Vandalur Reserve Forest]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Geography of Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Protected areas of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Reserved forests of India]]<br />
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