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Gautala Autramghat Sanctuary

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The sanctuary is well connected by road. It is about 75 km from Aurangabad and 40 km from Chalisgaon city. The nearest rail head is Chalisgaon and airport is at Aurangabad also nearby towns Kannad City from where 2 to 3 Bus are available from Kannad in a day.
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of 19706 ha. in Aurangabad and 6355.19 ha. in Jalgaon. Its name comes the nearby village of Gautala, which was itself named after Gautam Rishi, a Hindu ascetic mentioned in the
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There are many species of animals like reptiles, mammals, and insects found here. More than 240 various bird species live here including
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The hill tops in the sanctuary are grass lands where as most of the forest trees occur on the slopes.Trees include teak (
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with interspersed bush and grasslands.This topography supports wide variety of flora and fauna
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Land and people of Indian states and union territories in 36 volumes, volume 16 Maharashtra
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caves, rock-cut, Buddhist caves, from the 2nd century BCE to 1st century CE
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Co-ordinator Conservator of Forests, Aurangabad Forest Division (2010).
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government, announced this place as a sanctuary established in 1986.
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state, India. It lies in the Satmala and Ajantha hill ranges of the
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It covers a total area of 26,061.19 hectares (64,399 acres) with
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Bhatt, Shankarlal C.; Bhargava, Gopal K. (2006). "Wildlife".
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The wildlife include wide variety of animals. They are
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Gautala Wildlife Sanctuary
Map showing the location of Gautala Autramghat Sanctuary
Aurangabad district
Jalgaon District
Aurangabad
Chalisgaon
20°19′57.0″N 75°08′27.0″E / 20.332500°N 75.140833°E / 20.332500; 75.140833
protected area
Maharashtra
Western Ghats
Aurangabad District
Jalgaon District
Reserved Forest Areas
Ramcharitmanas
Spoonbill
Peafowl
Crane
Maharashtra
southern tropical dry deciduous forest
chinkara (Gazella bennettii)
nilgai (antelope) (Boselaphus tragocamelus)
sloth bears (Melursus ursinus)
jungle cat (Felis chaus)
leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni)
muntjac (barking deer) (Muntiacus muntjak)
hare (Lepus nigricollis)
leopard
fox
jackal

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