Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve Resource Archive

Documents, maps, plans, field references, official access links and live portals for understanding Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve.

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Archived documents

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Core official sources PDF

Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve Brief Note

A concise official profile of Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve in the national tiger conservation context.

Type
Official central-government brief
Source
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
File
87 KB / 2 pages
Issued
Not stated

Best for: Use as a quick orientation before reading full planning, legal, and compliance documents.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Legal and notification records PDF

Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve Notification

Official Gazette notification related to the Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve eco-sensitive zone context.

Type
Government notification / legal document
Source
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
File
2.5 MB / 46 pages
Issued
25 Nov 2020

Best for: Use for legal basis, notified details, regulated activity context, and compliance interpretation.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Planning and management PDF

Tiger Conservation Plan - Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve (Earlier Archive)

Earlier archived long-form planning document for reserve management, protection, habitat, prey, tourism, eco-development, and monitoring priorities.

Type
Core management plan
Source
WII MEE-TR portal / Rajasthan Forest Department
File
45.2 MB / 417 pages
Issued
2020-21 to 2029-30

Best for: Use for management background and comparison with newer TCP material that includes the Bhainsrodgarh core-addition context.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Planning and management PDF

Tiger Conservation Plan - MHTR with Bhainsrodgarh Core Addition

Newer official TCP archive that states Bhainsrodgarh Sanctuary was added to Mukandra Hills Tiger Reserve by order 4854336 dated 05.10.2023 and made part of the core tiger reserve.

Type
Core management plan / updated official copy
Source
Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve / Rajasthan Forest Department
File
28 MB / 773 pages
Issued
Updated copy references 05 Oct 2023 order

Best for: Use for the current Bhainsrodgarh core-addition context, updated management framing, corridor notes, protection infrastructure and long-form planning details.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Planning and management PDF

Annual Plan of Operation 2019-20 - MHTR

Operational and financial planning record for Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve for the 2019-20 cycle.

Type
Financial and operational plan
Source
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
File
953 KB / 23 pages
Issued
2019-20

Best for: Use for budget heads, approved actions, implementation priorities, and annual management intent.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Planning and management PDF

NTCA Sanction Order - Rajasthan 2024

Recent NTCA sanction document for tiger reserve work in Rajasthan, useful for tracking funded priorities and current-cycle conservation support.

Type
Funding sanction document
Source
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
File
1.8 MB / 21 pages
Issued
2024

Best for: Use to understand sanctioned priorities, funding direction, and current-cycle management support.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Planning and management PDF

Management Effectiveness Evaluation Technical Manual - Tiger Reserves in India

NTCA technical manual explaining the Management Effectiveness Evaluation framework used for tiger reserves in India.

Type
Official technical manual
Source
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
File
3.3 MB / 34 pages
Issued
2022

Best for: Use for understanding MEE terminology, evaluation criteria, management-effectiveness context and how tiger reserves are assessed.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

ESZ and spatial planning PDF

Zonal Master Plan for Eco-sensitive Zone of Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve

Zonal planning document for the eco-sensitive zone context around Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve.

Type
Spatial planning / zoning document
Source
Rajasthan Environment Department
File
4.0 MB / 78 pages
Issued
7 Dec 2023

Best for: Use for zoning logic, permissible activity interpretation, land-use compatibility, and planning controls.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

ESZ and compliance PDF

Notified ESZ Document - Rajasthan Tiger Reserve Section

A compact Rajasthan Forest Department PDF covering ESZ and tiger reserve reference tables, including Mukundara.

Type
ESZ notification record
Source
Rajasthan Forest Department
File
802 KB / 3 pages
Issued
Not stated

Best for: Use for quick ESZ and reserve-area reference across Rajasthan tiger reserves.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Clearance and compliance PDF

Wildlife Clearance File - Bharatmala NH-148N Section near MHTR

Wildlife conservation / clearance file for a highway section in the wider Mukundara-Darrah landscape context.

Type
Clearance / regulatory compliance file
Source
Environment clearance portal
File
1.0 MB / 37 pages
Issued
14 Nov 2019

Best for: Use for mitigation commitments, project conditions, and wildlife-clearance context around infrastructure proposals.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Biodiversity references PDF

Reptiles and Amphibians of Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve

A field guide-style reference focused on reptiles and amphibians recorded in Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve.

Type
Taxa-focused field reference
Source
Rajasthan Forest Department
File
3.6 MB / 84 pages
Issued
Not stated

Best for: Use for non-mammal baseline context, field identification support, and biodiversity education.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Biodiversity references PDF

Phytodiversity Characterization of Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve

Research article on plant diversity characterization in Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve.

Type
Regional biodiversity research paper
Source
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences
File
379 KB / 11 pages
Issued
2020

Best for: Use for sampling design, plant diversity records, and habitat interpretation.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Biodiversity references PDF

Status of Wildlife between Kota Barrage and Jawahar Sagar Dam, Rajasthan

A WII rapid assessment report on aquatic wildlife and river habitat quality along the Chambal River stretch between Kota Barrage and Jawahar Sagar Dam.

Type
Technical report
Source
Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun
File
23 MB / 64 pages
Issued
2021

Best for: Use for Chambal river-valley context, otter signs, crocodile and turtle records, waterbirds, raptors, fish diversity, and development-impact interpretation around the wider Mukundara landscape.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Biodiversity references PDF

Caracal Comeback in Ramgarh Visdhari and Mukundara Hills

Open-access natural history note documenting the first photographic record of caracal from Ramgarh Visdhari and Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserves.

Type
Species record / natural history note
Source
Journal of Wildlife Science
File
12 MB / 4 pages
Issued
2025

Best for: Use for caracal distribution, rare small-cat conservation context, camera-trap monitoring value and semi-arid western Indian landscape interpretation.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Biodiversity references PDF

Record of Cinereous Vulture from Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve

Short communication reporting a Cinereous Vulture sighting from Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve during a February-March 2015 prey-status study.

Type
Species record / short communication
Source
Vulture News
File
353 KB / 6 pages
Issued
2016

Best for: Use for vulture occurrence, scavenger records, raptor context, and evidence that MHTR supports more than tiger-focused conservation values.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Biodiversity references PDF

Occupancy and Habitat Use of Sloth Bear in Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve

Study of sloth bear occupancy, signs, den records and habitat use in Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve, with mixed forest and water-adjacent habitats highlighted.

Type
Research paper
Source
Flora and Fauna
File
194 KB / 6 pages
Issued
2015

Best for: Use for sloth bear distribution, habitat preference, sign-survey context and human-use pressure around MHTR.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Biodiversity references PDF

Sloth Bear Diet in Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve

Research article on sloth bear food availability and scat-based diet composition in Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary, part of the Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve landscape.

Type
Research paper
Source
International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews
File
736 KB / 7 pages
Issued
2022

Best for: Use for sloth bear feeding ecology, seasonal food context, plant-food references and insect-heavy diet interpretation.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Biodiversity references PDF

Dietary Composition of Leopard in Mukandara Hills National Park

Scat-analysis study of leopard diet in Mukandara Hills National Park, recording prey items such as Hanuman langur, jackal, nilgai, fox, wild boar and domestic dog.

Type
Research paper
Source
International Journal of Pure and Applied Bioscience
File
1.3 MB / 5 pages
Issued
2013

Best for: Use for leopard prey context, historical carnivore ecology and comparing prey-base notes with later MHTR management documents.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Biodiversity references PDF

Kali Sindh River - Vibrant Ganga Biodiversity Brief

A river-basin brief for the Kali Sindh, including land-cover, river-system and biodiversity context for the basin that passes through Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary in MHTR.

Type
River-basin biodiversity brief
Source
Wildlife Institute of India / Ganga Knowledge Portal
File
2.7 MB / 4 pages
Issued
2026

Best for: Use for Kali Sindh basin context, riverine biodiversity, fishing cat and otter habitat references, and wider Chambal-linked landscape interpretation.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Biodiversity references PDF

Wildlife Corridors of Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve

Research paper focused on wildlife-corridor significance for Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve and wider biodiversity conservation.

Type
Research paper
Source
International Journal of Education, Modern Management, Applied Science & Social Science
File
1.9 MB / 16 pages
Issued
2023

Best for: Use as a secondary corridor-context source, especially when discussing connectivity, gene flow, landscape permeability and conservation planning.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Supplementary context PDF

Lok Sabha Answer - Genetic Inbreeding in Tiger Sub-Populations

Government answer on tiger sub-population inbreeding, connectivity, Project Tiger implementation and corridors involving Ranthambore, Kuno, Madhav and Mukundra.

Type
Parliamentary question answer
Source
Lok Sabha / MoEFCC
File
433 KB / 6 pages
Issued
6 Feb 2023

Best for: Use for official parliamentary wording on tiger connectivity, genetic-inbreeding concerns and inter-reserve corridor policy context.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Supplementary context PDF

Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India 2022

National tiger-estimation report covering tiger status, landscapes, co-predators, prey, habitat connectivity, camera-trapped sites and conservation implications.

Type
National status report
Source
NTCA and Wildlife Institute of India
File
17 MB / 494 pages
Issued
2023

Best for: Use for national and landscape-scale context around tiger monitoring, co-predator/prey assessment and connectivity framing relevant to MHTR.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Supplementary context PDF

Global Tiger Protected Area Compendium

Large comparative compendium for tiger protected areas across the tiger range.

Type
Comparative reference
Source
Global Tiger Forum
File
53.5 MB / 164 pages
Issued
2021

Best for: Use for broad comparative framing against other tiger landscapes.

Stored in the MHTR document archive; original source retained for citation.

Live portals and context links

Useful portals, datasets and context links that are best opened at their source.

Live link Official public-access links

Online Safari/Zoo Ticket Booking - Rajasthan Forest Department

Official route to Rajasthan Forest Department booking and permit links. MHTR.in does not arrange safaris or take payments.

Source
Rajasthan Forest Department
Note
Use only as an official link-out; availability, fees, rules and closures must be verified on the live government portal.
Live link Official permit portal

Official OBMS Wildlife Attractions Portal

Live government portal for wildlife-attraction permits where available.

Source
Government of Rajasthan
Note
Do not assume Mukundara availability from this archive entry; check the live portal before planning travel.
Live link Geospatial portal / GIS reference

MEE-TR Geospatial Portal - Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve

Boundary context, landscape orientation, and broad planning visualization.

Source
Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
Note
Use for orientation only; do not republish sensitive wildlife-use locations.
Live link Citizen-science dataset

eBird hotspot - Mukundara Hills

Seasonality, checklist frequency, and birding effort trends over time.

Source
eBird / Cornell Lab
Note
Interpret with observer bias and uneven sampling effort in mind.
Live link Citizen-science dataset

Biodiversity of MHTR - iNaturalist project

Recent community observations, live species context, and public field documentation.

Source
iNaturalist / Sonu Kumar
Note
This complements the curated list on the biodiversity page.

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Where to start

Legal statusStart with notification, ESZ, ZMP and clearance documents.
Management directionRead the Tiger Conservation Plan, APO and NTCA sanction records.
EcologyCombine field guides, research papers and seasonal public datasets.
MapsUse maps for orientation and planning context.

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