Amrabad Tiger Reserve is located in Nagarkurnool and Nalgonda districts of Telangana State in India.
Almost 90% of the Amrabad Tiger Reserve is located within Nagarkurnool district.
Prior to its establishment as a separate tiger reserve, the Amrabad area was a part of the larger Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR).
In 1983, the NSTR was notified as a tiger reserve.
In 2014, Following the bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh, the northern part of the Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve was transferred to the newly formed state of Telangana. This portion of the reserve was then renamed as the Amrabad Tiger Reserve under the Project Tiger initiative.
Area: It spans an area of approximately 2,611 square kilometers. It is India’s second-largest tiger reserve, next only to Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana).
Hills: It is situated in the Nallamala Hills of the Eastern Ghats.
River: The river Krishna flows through the Amrabad Tiger Reserve.
Tribe: The main tribal groups found in and around the reserve include:
Chenchu Tribe
Lambadas/Banjara
Flora: Southern Tropical Dry Mixed Deciduous Forest (teak, Terminalia species, Pterocarpus species, Lagerstroemia species etc.), Deccan Thorn Scrub Forests (Acacia species, Ziziphus species, Prosopis species, and various cacti) etc.
Fauna: Tiger, Indian Leopard, Sloth Bear, Spotted Deer, Sambar, Indian Pangolin, Indian Roller, Indian Grey Hornbill, Indian Rock Python, Common Indian Krait, Indian Sand Boa etc.