Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, next to Jamshedpur, was notified in 1976 over about 193 sq km of the Chottanagpur plateau

Background

Jharkhand's protected area network, whose tiger reserve season has just opened, includes Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary next to the steel city of Jamshedpur.
The sanctuary covers about 193 sq km of forest area on the Chottanagpur plateau.
The erstwhile Bihar government notified it under Section 18(1) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 on 17 July 1976 by S.O. 1221.
Its forests are of the dry peninsular sal and northern dry mixed deciduous types.
The Indian elephant is its best known species, and barking deer, wild boar, Indian giant squirrel, sloth bear, pangolin and mouse deer are also recorded.
The Swarnrekha river winds through the sanctuary area, and the main entry point is about 25 km from Jamshedpur, with NH-33 along its northern side.