Valmiki National Park
where is Valmiki National Park ? where is VTR? How to reach valmiki tiger reserve? what is the significance of Valmiki tiger reserve? Valmiki National Park is a tiger reserve in the west champaran of Bihar, India. It is the only national park in Bihar. Valmiki Tiger Reserve covers 898.42 km 2 , which is 17.3% of the total geographical area of the district. As of 2018, there were 40 tigers in the Reserve . History of Valmiki National Park The extensive forest area of Valmikinagar or Bhainsa Lotan was previously owned by the Betiyah raj and Ramanagar Raj until the early 1950s. It was declared a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1978. Valmiki National Park was established in the year 1990. Total area of the park is about 335.65 Km2. Valmiki Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park is the 18th tiger reserve of India . The Valmiki Tiger Reserve comprises the National Park and the Wildlife Sanctuary. Landscape The landscape of VTR encompasses foothills ranges of Himalyan sivalik with mosaic