Anamalai Tiger Reserve

Anaimalai Tiger Reserve
Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Asian elephants in Anamalai Tiger Reserve
Map showing the location of Anaimalai Tiger Reserve
Map showing the location of Anaimalai Tiger Reserve
Location in Tamil Nadu, India
LocationCoimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates10°25′01″N 77°03′24″E / 10.4170°N 77.0567°E / 10.4170; 77.0567
Established1976[1][2]
Governing bodyTamil Nadu Forest Department
www.forests.tn.gov.in

Anaimalai Tiger Reserve, earlier known as Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park and as Anaimalai Wildlife Sanctuary, is a protected area in the Anaimalai Hills of Pollachi and Valparai taluks of Coimbatore District and Udumalaipettai taluk in Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu, India. The Tamil Nadu Environment and Forests Department by a notification dated 27 June 2007,[3] declared an extent of 958.59 km2 that encompassed the erstwhile IGWLS&NP or Anaimalai Wildlife Sanctuary, as Anaimalai Tiger Reserve under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. According to the National Tiger Conservation Authority, the Reserve presently includes a core area of 958.59 km2 and buffer/peripheral area of 521.28 km2 forming a total area of 1479.87 km2.[4]

  1. ^ "Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary & National Park". Tamil Nadu Forest Department. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
  2. ^ Sen, Sumit K. "Top Slip Indira Gandhi National Park". Birds of India. Kolkata: Sumit K Sen. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  3. ^ Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part II—Section 2, No. II(2)/EF/333/2007, dated 27 June 2007, page 240.
  4. ^ "Aanaimalai Tiger Reserve". National Tiger Conservation Authority. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.[dead link]