{"id":129245,"date":"2023-05-12T09:45:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T04:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=129245"},"modified":"2023-05-11T22:46:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T17:16:13","slug":"know-about-the-vansda-national-park-gujarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/india\/know-about-the-vansda-national-park-gujarat","title":{"rendered":"Know About The Vansda National Park, Gujarat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vansda National Park, also known as Bansda National Park, was established in 1979. It is in the Vansda tehsil, Navsari District of Gujarat, India. It is a protected area representing the thick woodlands of southern Gujarat and the Dangs. <\/span>Adivasis, an important trading place for the surrounding area, represents the majority of this area’s population. It is part of a moist deciduous forest area with groves of \u201ckatas\u201d bamboo. The Dry Deciduous Forest areas have \u201cManvel\u201d bamboo, making it diverse. Beauty lies in different forms in Vansda.<\/span><\/p>\n

The botanical garden stands as a form of attraction, but apart from them, the source of attraction includes local tribes, \u201cConservation centre\u201d, and \u201cGira Falls\u201d. The Nature Club Surat maintains a deer breeding centre in this region. <\/span>Vansda National Park is a place of beauty and attraction where a person can find creatures with unique abilities. The canopy in the forest is so thick that various parts of the forest are found in darkness.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Flora and Fauna found in the region<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • \u00a0<\/span>Different animals found in the region are dhole, rhesus macaque, Indian leopard, wild boar, common palm civet, small Indian civet, Hanuman langur, Indian porcupine, Indian giant squirrel, jungle cat, four-horned antelope, striped hyena, flying squirrel and pangolin.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is a potential habitat for the tiger, but the Bengal tiger is reportedly extinct in Gujarat. The border areas of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh have tigers.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The area has a high diversity of species of forest birds, which is one of the main attractions for ecotourism.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The species of birds include yellow-backed sunbird, common grey hornbill, Malabar trogon, grey-fronted green pigeon, jungle babbler, forest spotted owlet, great Indian black woodpecker and Shama.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Pythons and venomous snakes can also be found here.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The Giant wood spider, the largest spider in Gujarat, is found here.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • There are various flowering plants found in this region. This includes sadad, teak, kadad, timru, khakhro, humb, bamboo, mahudo, dudhkod, kusum, umaro, behada, asan, Tanach, ambla, shimlo, chopadi, sisam, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \u00a0<\/span>Different National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries of Gujarat:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

    \u00a0<\/span>The state has several parks and sanctuaries, which the Forest Department of the Government of Gujarat manages.<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0National Parks<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    • \u00a0<\/span>Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Gir Forest National Park<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Vansda National Park<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \u00a0Wildlife Sanctuaries<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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      • \u00a0<\/span>Wild Ass Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Gir Wildlife Sanctuary & National Parks<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Balaram Ambaji Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Narayan Sarovar Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Marine Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Barda Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Purna Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Ratanmahal Sloth Bear Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Thol Lake Bird Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Pania Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Rampara Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Hingolgadh Nature Education Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Gaga Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Kutch Bustard Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Porbandar Bird Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Mitiyala Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Vansda National Park, also known as Bansda National Park, was established in 1979. It is in the Vansda tehsil, Navsari District of Gujarat, India. It is a protected area representing the thick woodlands of southern Gujarat and the Dangs. Adivasis, an important trading place for the surrounding area, represents the majority of this area’s population. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21841,"featured_media":136355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12210,12364,12206,11315,12504,12186,12288,12239,12399],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-129245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-animals","8":"category-forests","9":"category-incredible-india","10":"category-india","11":"category-national-park","12":"category-nature","13":"category-plants","14":"category-skin-care","15":"category-trees"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129245"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136347,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129245\/revisions\/136347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}