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Khadimnagar National Park
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Khadimnagar National Park : 

Khadimnagar National Park was established in 2006. It is located in Khadimnagar union of Sadar upazila of Sylhet district. Total area is 679 ha. The Forest type is tropical Evergreen and Semi-Evergreen forest. It is under the administration of Sylhet Forest Division, Sylhet. 

 

No forest village is located within the Reserved Forest, although an ethnic (Patra Samproday) community located adjacent to the forest near Faringura village. A total of 2261 households constituting to a population of about 12,500 inhabitants, with varying degrees of dependence upon the forest (e.g. fuel wood, medicinal plants, bamboo), have been identified. There are six tea estates bordering the forest and the unemployed labor of such estates are involved with fuel wood collection. Approximately, 3000 people depend on resources (e.g., fuel wood, medicinal plants, bamboo) collected from the Protected Area. The National Park has community development opportunities through eco-tourism due to its proximity to the Sylhet city and shrines of Saints. Nearly 9000 people visit the area monthly.

 

The forest has a total of 217 species of plants, 20 amphibians, 9 reptiles like the Cobra and Python, 26 species of animals, including the Macaque, Capped languor, Fishing Cat and 28 species of birds such as the White Backed Vulture, Brahmini Kite, Hill Myna, Wildfowl and Oriental Pied Hornbill. The forest due to its native habitat is especially rich in bamboo and cane.