Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary

Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary, founded in 1977, is located in Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh. It is spread over 230 km² and is noted for its diverse wildlife, but is not very frequently visited by tourists because of the difficult access. In 2022, it became a tiger reserve. This is also the Second tiger Reserve in the Bundelkhand region and First in Uttar Pradesh part of Bundelkhand.^[1]

Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Location	Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh, India
Area	230 km2
Established	1977

Though there are no tigers inside the Sanctuary, the tigers from nearby Panna Tiger Reserve often visits this region.^[2]

Attractions

It is the natural habitat of several animals and birds including tigers, leopards, sloth bears, sambars, blackbucks, peafowl, spur fowl, jungle fowl, painted partridges,kingfisher,sparrow, fishing cats and chinkaras.