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It is situated around 'Dalma hills' of East Singhbhum District.
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Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary
Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary located 10 km from the city of Jamshedpur in the state of Jharkhand. Inaugurated in 1975 it contains significant population of Indian Elephants
Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is situated around the Dalma Hills. Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is a much larger area starting from Chandil to 40 km east. The sanctuary covers around 195 km2.
It is about 100 km from the capital city Ranchi, and 15 km from the steel city Jamshedpur. The wildlife sanctuary runs parallel to the NH-18 with hills as high as 915 m from sea level. Dalma Sanctuary is spread over 193 km2 of forests of East Singhbhum and Saraikela-kharsawan districts of the state of Jharkhand. The forests of Dalma come under the category "Dry peninsular Sal" and "Northern Dry Mixed Deciduous Forest". Most part of Dalma forests shed leaves in the summer and attains its full bloom at the onset of monsoon.
Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary
Histroy
Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary' is named after the 'Dalma Mai' a local goddess, who is very popular among local people. It is situated around 'Dalma hills' of East Singhbhum District. Dalma hill top with Mandir and cave has religious significance for local people. At Dalma hill top a festival is organized in the month of 'Asarh' every year in which a large number of local people gather to pay homage to Goddess 'Dalma Mai' supposed to be a tribal girl who entered inside the cave to meet sacred pilgrims and never returned from the cave. The descendants of Dalma Mai's family from village Bonta especially come to worship at the site.
Location
The Dalma wildlife sanctuary is situated on the Chhotanagpur plateau of Jharkhand state near the famous steel city of Jamshedpur. The sanctuary spreads over East Singhbhum and Saraikela-Kharshanwa districts. Sanctuary area lies between Latitudes 220 46' 30" N and 220 57' N Longitudes 860 3' 15" E and 86026'30" E Its eastern limit extends up to the border of Purulia district of west Bengal.
The entire Forests of Dalma Sanctuary falls in the catchment of Subarnarekha River and Dimna Lake of Jamshedpur.
