Nahar Wildlife Sanctuary | |
Other Name: | Nahar Bird Sanctuary |
Map Alt: | Nahar Wildlife Sanctuary on map of Haryana |
Pushpin Map: | India Haryana#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Haryana showing the location of Nahara Wildlife Sanctuary |
Coordinates: | 28.4094°N 76.397°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Governing Body: | Haryana Forest Department |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Iso Code: | HR-IN |
Nahar Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the Kosli Subdivision of Rewari district of Haryana, India. It is 36.9 km from Rewari. It is spread over an area of 211.35 hectares. It is 5 km away from Kosli on the Kosli-Mahendragarh road.[1]
It is named Nahar because it comes under Nahar Village (Nahad village). Forests Department, Haryana of Government of Haryana officially notified this as Wildlife Sanctuary on 30 January 1987.
This is one of the last habitats for Blackbuck in particular, and for other endangered species in general.[2]
Nahar Block of Rewari is a block consisting group of villages and also a village where surrounding villages have been included therein Nahar block. Nahar Block consists of 46 Gram Panchayats and 49 Villages and 123303 is its pin code number.[3]