Painganga Wildlife Sanctuary

Supervision and direct control is in the hands of the sub-conservator (wildlife) Pandharkavada, reporting to the Government of Maharashtra.

Due to annual rainfall of between 1000 mm and 1500 mm and the surrounding Painganga river reservoir, many trees grow in the sanctuary area, including arjun (Terminalia arjuna), amla (Phyllanthus emblica), kadamba (Neolamarckia cadamba), gulvel (Tinospora cordifolia), charoli (Buchanania lanzan), chinch (tamarind), dhavda (Anogeissus latifolia), behda (Terminalia bellirica), moha (Madhuca longifolia), sag (drumstick tree, otherwise moringa) and haldu (Haldina cordifolia).

There are about 200 species of herbs in the sanctuary, also reeds and grasses (for example, kusali, khas, tirkadi, pavanya, marvel).

The animals are mostly herbivores and insectivores: pangolins, chinkara, chital, four-horned antelope (chausinga), nilgai, Indian muntjac, masanya ud, etc., with small carnivores and omnivores: striped hyenas (taras), jungle cats, sloth bears, foxes.

It is a dry deciduous forest containing teak, salai, haldu, kullu, sawar, moi, ain and other trees and wild animals such as tiger, bibte, nilgai, bear, sambar, chital, chinkara, wild boar and muntjac.