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A still-water landscape offers a slower side of the forest district.
Offbeat · Jhargram

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Jungle Mahal Zoological Park, informally called the Jhargram Zoological Park or the Jhargram Mini Zoo, is a zoo in Jhargram, West Bengal, and a major draw for visitors to the town. It began in 1980 as a deer park, became a mini zoo in 2005, was upgraded and given its present name by the state government in 2014, and since 2017 has held the Central Zoo Authority's medium-zoo rating.
In 2021–22 it housed 187 mammals, 84 birds and 63 reptiles. Its mammals include the Bengal tiger, Indian elephant, sloth bear, striped hyena, fishing cat, Indian pangolin, nilgai and several kinds of deer. Among the birds are hornbills, kalij and golden pheasants, white-rumped vultures, greater adjutants and parakeets, while the reptiles include gharials, marsh crocodiles, Indian spectacled cobras and star tortoises.
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Where it is
22.45° N 87.02° E