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National Biodiversity Authority
(An Autonomous and Statutory Body of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India)
Biodiversity Heritage Site

Guidelines for Selection and Management of the Biodiversity Heritage Sites

Declared Biodiversity Heritage Sites

Name of the Site1. Nallur Tamarind Grove
Name of the District Bengaluru
Taluk Devanahalli
Area 54 acres
Importance of the area It is popularly believed to be a relic of the Chola Dynasty that ruled nearly 800 years ago, is spectacle of awesome wonder and a freakish site. This BHS spread over 54 acres comprising a population of nearly 300 trees, is a picture of dynamic pattern of plant diversity. The significant component of this popular structure is a group of old plants standing like ageless sentinels, firmly rooted to the ground with their gigantic trunks, along with large picturesque crowns spread very high and aloft like open wings.
Government Notification Aaapaji 154 ENV 2006, B'lore dt.24.01.2007

Name of the Site2. Hogrekan
Name of the District Chikmagalur
Taluk Kadur
Gram Panchayat Balliganuru
Area 2508.15 acres
Importance of the area The area has unique Shola vegetation and grass land with number of floral species which are unique and having lot of medicinal value. Hogrekan is moderately wooded land and its vegetation is of dry deciduous type and has a link with Bababudanagiri and Kemmangundi, adjoining Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary and Yemmedode Tiger Reserve and serving as "Wildlife Corridor" between Kudremukha and Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary.
Government Notification No.FEE.35 ENV 2009 dated 4.9.2010

Name of the Site3. University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru
Name of the District Bengaluru
Area 167 hectares
Importance of the area The GKVK campus is considered one of the greenest areas in Bengaluru. Biological diversity of this campus constitutes a critical repository of various forms of flora and fauna (including 13 sp of mammals, 10 sp of reptiles, 165 sp of birds and 530 sp of plants) which needs to be protected nurtured to posterity.
Government Notification No.FEE.132 ENV 2009 dated 2.9.2010

Name of the Site 4. Ambaraguda
Name of the District Shimoga
Area 3857.12 hectares
Importance of the area It is a revenue land located between Sharavathi Wild Life Sanctuary and Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary. It has Shola vegetation which is primitive vegetation in the Western Ghat and also has grasslands.
Government Notification 2011

Name of the Site 5. Glory of Allapalli
Name of the State Maharashtra
Name of the District Gadchiroli
Taluk ---
Area 6 hectares
Importance of the area It is a reserved forest being preserved as natural forest having biological, ethinical and historical values.
Government Notification No.WLP.0914/C.R.317/M-1 dated 15th July 2014

Name of the Site 6. Tonglu BHS under the Darjeeling Forest Division
Name of the State West Bengal
Name of the District Darjeeling
Taluk ---
Area 230 hectares
Importance of the area It is a Medicinal Plant Conservation Areas
Government Notification No.716-ENT/T-11-7/003-ii/2003 dated 20th March, 2015

Name of the Site 7. Dhotrey BHS under the Darjeeling Forest Division
Name of the State West Bengal
Name of the District Darjeeling
Taluk ---
Area 180 hectares
Importance of the area It is a Medicinal Plant Conservation Areas
Government Notification No.716-ENT/T-11-7/003-ii/2003 dated 20th March, 2015

Name of the Site 8. Dialong Village
Name of the State Manipur
Name of the District Tamenglong
Taluk ---
Area 11.35 Sq.km
Importance of the area ---
Government Notification No.24/3/2017-For &ENVT dt. 23rd May, 2017

Name of the Site 9. Ameenpur lake
Name of the State Telangana
Name of the District Sangareddy
Taluk Ameenpur
Area ---
Importance of the area ---
Government Notification 449/EFS&T (FOR.II) Department, dated 21.11.2016

Name of the Site 10. Majuli
Name of the State Assam
Name of the District Majuli
Taluk ---
Area 875 Sq.km
Importance of the area It is an island situated in the Brahmaputra River which is harboring unique Ecological and Cultural Heritage.
Government Notification FRW 57/2005/Vol.II/14 dated 29th March, 2017

Name of the Site 11. Ghariyal Rehabilitation Centre
Name of the State Uttar Pradesh
Name of the District Lucknow
Taluk Kukrail Reserve Forest
Area 10 Hectares
Importance of the area It is a centre established for conservation and rehabilitation of critically endangered species of Gharial.
Government Notification 1348/XVI-5-2016-15/2016 dated 11th August, 2016

Name of the Site 12. Chilkigarh Kanak Durga
Name of the State West Bengal
Name of the District Jhargram
Taluk Chilkigarh
Area 55.9 Acres (Perimeter Of 1,969 Meters)
Importance of the area Chilkigarh Kanak Durga Sacred Grove is a remnant forest with traditional beliefs and taboos of local inhabitants and rich in biodiversity covering an area of 55.9 acres in Jhargram District of West Bengal.
Government Notification No. 926/EN/T-II-7/003-II/2003 dt 16th April 2018

Name of the Site13. Khlaw Kur  Syiem KmieIng
Name of the State Meghalaya
Name of the District Ri-Bhoi
Taluk Umling
Area 16.05 ha
Importance of the area It is a mosaic of natural habitats along with significant diversity of life forms. It is also an old  Sacred Grove with monoliths and religious spots.
Government Notification No. FOR.53/2018/59 dated 13th December, 2018  issued by Government of Meghalaya

Name of the Site14. Mandasaru
Name of the State Odisha
Name of the District Kandhamal
Taluk Raikia
Area 528 ha
Importance of the area Mandasaru gorge is an adobe of 1563 species of plants, animals and fungi spreaded over an area of 528 ha.
Government Notification Office Order issued by Government of Odisha

Name of the Site15. Purvatali Rai
Name of the State Goa
Name of the District North Goa
Taluk Bicholim
Area 7300 Sq. mts.
Importance of the area Sacred Grove
Government Notification Office Order issued by Government of Goa

Name of the Site16. Naro Hills
Name of the State Madhya Pradesh
Name of the District Satna
Taluk
Area 200 hect
Importance of the area Unique and varied geology and it supports a large number of ecosystem and species of Flora and Fauna.
Government Notification Notifications by Government of Madhya Pradesh

Name of the Site17. Patalkot
Name of the State Madhya Pradesh
Name of the District Chhindwara
Taluk
Area 8367.49 hect.,
Importance of the area terrain of 1700 feet deep valley and ecosystem of estimated age of 6 Million years and species of rare flora and fauna including rare Bryophytes and Pteridopytes;
Government Notification Notification by Government of Madhya Pradesh

Name of the Site18. Asramam
Name of the State Kerala
Name of the District Kollam
Taluk
Area 57.53 hect.,
Importance of the area The BHS hosts a unique diversity of Mangrove species with diverse flora and fauna. The area harbours 15 sp. of true mangroves, 22 sp. of mangroves associated. 122 sp. of plants, 34 sp. of edible fish and about 62 sp. of birds. Most importantly, the site has the rare and endangered heritage trees of Syzygium travancoricum which is listed as critically endangered in IUCN Red List.
Government Notification Notification by Government of Kerala

Name of the Site19. Bambarde Myristica Swamps
Name of the State Maharashtra
Name of the District Dodamarg
Taluk
Area 2.59 Ha.,
Importance of the area
Government Notification Notification by Government of Maharashtra

Name of the Site20.  Ganeshkhind Garden
Name of the State Maharashtra
Name of the District Pune
Taluk
Area 33.01 Ha.,
Importance of the area
Government Notification Notification by Government of Maharashtra

Name of the Site21. Landorkhori
Name of the State Maharashtra
Name of the District Jalgaon
Taluk
Area 48.08 Ha.,
Importance of the area
Government Notification Notification by Government of Maharashtra

Name of the Site22. Shistura Hiranyakeshi
Name of the State Maharashtra
Name of the District Sindhudurg
Taluk Western Ghats
Area 2.11 Ha.,
Importance of the area The fish Schistura hiranyakeshi was spotted for the first time in a pond at the Mahadev Temple at Amboli in Sindhudurg district , Western Ghats The 2.11 ha area has now been declared as ‘Shistura Hiranyakeshi Biological Heritage Site’ in April 2021. It has become the 5th such heritage site in the state of Maharashtra. The fish was found by the team led by Tejas Thackeray, a wildlife researcher, and son of Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray.
Government Notification Notification by Government of Maharashtra

Name of the Site23. Baneswar Shiva Dighi
Name of the State West Bengal
Name of the District Coochbehar-II
Taluk Baneswar
Area 1.65 Acre
Importance of the area It offers refuge to Black Softshell Turtle Nilssonia nigricans listed under Appendix I of CITES and extinct  in the wild category of IUCN.
Government Notification Notification by Government of West Bengal

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