‘Bor’ is a Wildlife Sanctuary as well as a Tiger Reserve located in Wardha district of Maharashtra. It is spread over an area of 138.12 sq. km. It is the sixth Tiger Reserve of Maharashtra.
Bor Tiger Reserve is the smallest tiger reserve of India by area. The drainage basin of the nearby located Bor Dam falls within the reserve area.
Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, or as it is popularly known, Bor Tiger Reserve lies in the midst of many other tiger reserves popular for their resident Bengal Tigers. It is one of the top tiger reserves near Nagpur. Bor Tiger Reserve is around 78 km from Nagpur.
Towards the North-east lies the Pench Tiger Reserve, towards the east is Nagzira Navegaon Tiger Reserve, to the South-east is Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary. The Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is located to the South-east, Melghat Tiger Reserve stands to the west while Satpura Tiger Reserve lies to the North-west of the Sanctuary.
Together they form a huge protected horizon of bustling and prospering wildlife diversity.
Inside the Bor Tiger Reserve lies a huge water reservoir called the Bor Reservoir.
It divides the Sanctuary into two sections, namely the Western and the Eastern part.
The Western part is in the Wardha district while the Eastern section lies in the Nagpur district of Maharashtra.
