About Wildlife

Over the past few decades, the forest's general composition has drastically changed. Increasing biotic demand on forest resources, developmental projects especially mining have all contributed to fragmentation of habitat, declines in forest quality, density, and botanical diversity. The same has also been negative impact on wild animals and their natural habitats. The industrialisation of the woodlands and forest fires have both disrupted their tranquil existence. The reduction in the area for palatable grasses and shrinking of feed was brought on by the spread of undesired weeds. The decreasing number of wild animals is also a result of increasing competition for grazing pasture between domestic animals, the destruction of fruit-bearing trees, and a water shortage in the forested area. The territories under Bokaro forest division are frequented by wild elephants every year causing loss of life and property. Other common wild animals like deer, sambhar, hyena, monkeys and a variety of birds, both resident and migratory, are found in the Division

Geography and Physical Features

The topography is hilly with occasional tracts of flat plateau and valleys. The terrain is extremely varied and is spotted with several prominent hills. The district is a part of the Chhotanagpur Plateau and may be categorized into three natural formation:-

Damodar, Bokaro, Konar and Barakar are the main rivers traversing the territory. Barakar is a small river which flows into the Konar, a tributary of Damodar river.

The area has typical three distinct seasons, the summer, the rainy and the winter seasons of the monsoon type of climate. Hot weather is experienced all over the track during the months of mid April to June when the maximum temperature touches to 44-46 degree Celsius on few days. Pre-monsoon showers during late May or early June are common features. The winter is generally pleasant except for few days when the night temperature almost touches the freezing point.