Pilibhit Tiger Reserve
| Pilibhit Tiger Reserve Area | |
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| Tiger Reserve Area | |
 Pilibhit Tiger Reserve Area
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve Area
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| Coordinates: 28°41′31″N 79°51′11″E / 28.692°N 79.853°ECoordinates: 28°41′31″N 79°51′11″E / 28.692°N 79.853°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Pilibhit, Lakhimpur and Bahraich |
| Established | 2008 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 730.24 km2 (281.95 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 172 m (564 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Nearest city | Pilibhit |
| IUCN category | IV |
| Visitation | 5,000 (2004) 50,000 expected in 2015 |
| Governing body | Uttar Pradesh Forest Departmant , National Tiger Conservation Authority |
| Precipitation | 780 millimetres (31 in) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 36.8 °C (98.2 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 14.5 °C (58.1 °F) |
| Website | www.tigerreservepilibhit.com |
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve is located in Pilibhit district, Lakhimpur Kheri District and Bahraich District of Uttar Pradesh state in India. It lies along the India-Nepal border in the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains of the ‘terai’ in Uttar Pradesh. It is one of India's 41 Project Tiger Tiger reserves.
Pilibhit is one of the few well forested districts in Uttar Pradesh. According to an estimate of year 2004, Pilibhit district has over 800 km2 (310 sq mi) forests, constituting roughly 23% of the district’s total area. Forests in Pilibhit have at least 36 tigers and a good prey base for their survival.
With Corbett Tiger Reserve going to Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh always wanted to develop the Pilibhit forests area as a home for the striped cats. A proposal, created in 2005, to make a home for the endangered cats in Pilibhit forests was sent to the government of India in April 2008.Pilibhit Tiger Reserve was declared in September 2008 on the basis of its special type of ecosystem with vast open spaces and sufficient feed for the elegant predators.
The northeastern boundary of the reserve is the River Sharda (Nepali:Mahakali River) which defines the Indo-Nepal border, while the southwest boundary is marked by the River Sharda and the River Ghaghara. The reserve has a core zone area of 602.79 km2 (232.74 sq mi) and buffer zone area of 127.45 km2 (49.21 sq mi). Elevation ranges from 168 to 175 meters above MSL
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