Sacred Groves of Barjora, Chhatna and Saltora Blocks of Bankura District, West Bengal

Bulganin Mitra; Priyanka Das; Sujit Ghosh; Purnendu Mishra

doi:10.36808/if/2015/v141i8/77000

Sacred Groves of Barjora, Chhatna and Saltora Blocks of Bankura District, West Bengal

Authors

Bulganin Mitra Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, M-Block, Kolkata, West Bengal
Priyanka Das West Bengal State University, Kolkata
Sujit Ghosh Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, M-Block, Kolkata, West Bengal
Purnendu Mishra Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, M-Block, Kolkata, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2015/v141i8/77000

Keywords:

Sacred Groves, Bankura, Conservation.

Abstract

A total of 17 sacred groves were identified from Barjora (7), Saltora (7) and Chhatna (3) blocks of Bankura district. The largest sacred grove was reported with 0.4891 km² at Kathia Babar Ashram in Barjora block. Total 58 trees were recorded from these three blocks of which 51 scientifically identified. Among them, 12 are important for their timber value, 16 for their food value, 17 having medicinal properties, 6 ornamental and 3 as sacred trees.

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