, Palamau, Jharkhand India

The Palamau Tiger Reserve lies in the western part of the Chhotanagpur plateau in Bihar state of India. The forest stretches from the edge of the Netarhat hill range in the south to the Auranga river in the north and from the Latehar-Sarju road in the east to Madhya Pradesh border in the west. The forest of Palamau is the catchment of the river North Koel.

Palamau is the land of Palas and Mahua (and represents the biological riches of the dry and moist deciduous eastern peninsular forests with an interesting association of Sal and Bamboo.

The verdant landscape of the Reserve is clothed with stately Sal in the valleys and lower slopes, and with dry deciduous forests on the upper slopes and on the mound caps in the northern part. Copious bamboo and scattered open grassy patches are common. Almost pure patches of Bel (Aegle marmelos) are unique vegetation types mostly found in the northern part of the reserve.