Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary

About Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary:

• Location: It is located in the Khurda district of Odisha and represents the north-eastern limits of Eastern Ghats. 
• It is also home to a number of threatened wild animals and birds.
• This landscape got sanctuary status in 1982.
• Climate: The climate of the area is tropical with three distinct and well-marked seasons i.e. summer, Rainy season and winter.
• Vegetation: The area comes under a semi-evergreen forest zone but the interplay of biotic factors has changed the original character of the vegetation.
• Flora: Dhaman (Grewia Tiliaefolia), Bankapasia (Kydia calycina), Jamu (Syzyggium Cuminii), Gandhana (Premna mucronata), Kansa (Hymenodictyon excelsum), Kusum (Schleichera oleosa), Marua (Vitex pinnata), Sidha (Lagerstroemia parviflora), Karanja, Thorny bamboo etc.
• Fauna: Elephants, Chital, Barking Deer, Wild Boar, Rhesus Monkey, Pangolin, Sloth Bear, Indian Wolf, Hyena and other mammals.