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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Wildlife sanctuary in Maharashtra, India}}<br />
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| name = Umred-Pauni-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary<br />
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| location = [[Nagpur district]] and [[Bhandara district]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| nearest_city = [[Nagpur]] {{cvt|58|km}}<br />
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| area = {{cvt|189|km2}}<br />
| established = 2013<br />
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| governing_body = State Forest Department [http://www.mahaforest.nic.in/project_tiger_detail.php?sat_id=14 Maharashtra Forest Department]<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.mahapenchtiger.com/Bor/Umred-Karhandala.aspx}}<br />
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'''Umred-Pauni-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary''' is a [[nature reserve]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]] in [[India]]. It is bounded roughly by the [[Wainganga river]] and the [[Gose Khurd Dam]] in the [[Bhandara district|Bhandara]] and [[Nagpur district]]s.<ref name="mahapenchtiger">{{cite web|url=http://www.mahapenchtiger.com/Umred-Karhandla.aspx|title=Umred-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary|publisher=mahapenchtiger.com|access-date=2014-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407091952/http://www.mahapenchtiger.com/Umred-Karhandla.aspx|archive-date=7 April 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==Wildlife==<br />
[[File:5W7A3518 (2).jpg|thumb|Bengal tiger in Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary]]<br />
Umred Pauni Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary harbours [[Bengal tiger|tiger]], [[leopard]], [[dhole]], [[sloth bear]], [[gaur]], [[nilgai]], [[Sambar deer|sambar]] and other deer species.<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite web |date=18 May 2013 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Umrer-Karhandla-sanctuary-opens-today/articleshow/20114155.cms |title=Umrer-Karhandla sanctuary opens today |work=The Times of India |access-date=2014-04-06}}</ref><ref name="sanctuaryasia">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.sanctuaryasia.com/resources/ngo-profiles/9585-the-wildlife-conservation-and-development-centre.html |title=The Wildlife Conservation And Development Centre |work=Sanctuary Asia |access-date=2014-06-28 |archive-date=8 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408211924/http://www.sanctuaryasia.com/resources/ngo-profiles/9585-the-wildlife-conservation-and-development-centre.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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=== Birds ===<br />
There are more than 90 species of birds belonging to 22 families of 12 different orders recorded in the sanctuary. This includes over 10 species of migratory birds and over seven species of [[endangered species|endangered]] birds.{{cn|date=August 2025}}<br />
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=== Reptiles ===<br />
The reserve is home to over 26 species of reptiles belonging to eleven families, of which six species are endangered, namely, [[Indian cobra]], [[Russell's viper]], [[Python molurus|Indian rock python]], [[Ptyas mucosus|Indian rat snake]], [[Fowlea piscator|Chequered keelback]] and [[monitor lizard]].<ref name="PTPM">{{cite web |url= http://mahapenchtiger.com/Bor_Wildlife.aspx |title= Umred-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary |work=Pench Tiger Reserve |publisher=Pench Tiger Project Maharashtra |date= |access-date=14 October 2025|url-status =dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717024521/http://mahapenchtiger.com/Bor_Wildlife.aspx |archive-date=17 July 2012}}</ref><br />
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== Conservation ==<br />
Several water management programs have been created by the NGO [[Wildlife Trust of India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nagzira-tiger-migrates-to-umred-karhandla-sanctuary/PDAET/articleshow/23621645.cms|title=Nagzira tiger migrates to Umred-Karhandla sanctuary |work=The Economic Times on Mobile |access-date=2014-06-28}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official|http://www.mahapenchtiger.com/Bor/Umred-Karhandala.aspx}}<br />
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{{Tiger Reserves Of India}}<br />
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[[Category:Tiger reserves of India]]<br />
[[Category:Nagpur district]]<br />
[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Protected areas established in 2013]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Nagpur district]]<br />
[[Category:2013 establishments in Maharashtra]]</div>ChristenaMcGraw