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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Nanmangalam Reserve Forest
| alt_name =
| iucn_category =
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| photo_caption = Nanmangalam Reserve Forest
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| map = India Chennai
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location in Chengalpattu, India
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| location = [[Chengalpattu District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| nearest_city = [[Chennai]]
| coordinates = {{coord|12.927|80.172|type:forest_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| area_km2 = 3.2
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| visitation_year =
| governing_body = Tamil Nadu Forest Department
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| url = {{URL | www.forests.tn.nic.in/ | forests.tn.nic.in}}
}}

'''Nanmangalam Reserve Forest''' is a protected forest located in [[Chengalpattu district]], about 24 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
| title = After 14 years, encroachments in Nanmangalam reserve forest removed
| location = Chennai
| date = 30 July 2009
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-30/chennai/28183139_1_forest-officials-reserve-forest-encroachments
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120927050956/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-30/chennai/28183139_1_forest-officials-reserve-forest-encroachments
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 27 September 2012
| newspaper = [[The Times of India]]
| access-date = 6 Jan 2012}}</ref>
[[File:Red wattled Lapwing I IMG 0596.jpg|thumb|right|Red-wattled lapwing]]

==The forest==
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
| title = A forest in the urban jungle
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2007/11/28/stories/2007112850460100.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100419143306/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2007/11/28/stories/2007112850460100.htm
| url-status = usurped
| archive-date = 19 April 2010
}}</ref>

The 320-hectare Nanmangalam Reserved Forest, located about 10 km from Velachery, is a scrubland around an abandoned granite quarry<ref name="ChennaisEcoSpots">{{cite news
| last = Padmanabhan
| first = Geeta
| title = Chennai's eco spots
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| date = 9 January 2012
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/leisure/article2787737.ece
| 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}}

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}}

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
| last = Madhavan
| first = D.
| title = National Institute of Siddha modifies expansion plan
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| date = 20 December 2012
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/national-institute-of-siddha-modifies-expansion-plan/article4218676.ece
| access-date = 23 Dec 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Birding in Chennai]]
* [[Vandalur Reserve Forest]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Geography of Chennai]]
[[Category:Protected areas of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Reserved forests of India]]
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