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The lower hilly reaches are covered with sal coppice regeneration
while middle and upper reaches are covered with mixed deciduous
forests. The sanctuary has some tourist accommodation facility at
Choraikhola, Kokrajhar and also provides facilities for bird
watching, forest trekking, and wildlife and nature photography.
Different kinds of mammals and birds, twenty-three species of
reptiles including snakes, lizards and turtles, more than forty
species of butterfly are found in this sanctuary. Some species of
mammals recorded in this sanctuary are Indian short-tailed mole,
Indian flying fox, short nosed fruit bat, Indian false vampire,
Indian pipistrelle, rhesus macaque, Chinese pangolin, Asiatic jackal
and Bengal fox. Hornbills are also spotted here. It is also a safe
haven for a variety of endangered animals.
A total of 119 species of birds have been recorded in the
Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary. This number includes three globally
threatened species.
Getting There
The sanctuary covers an area of
45.568 km2 (4556.8 hectares). It is around 6 km from Kokrajhar town, 68 km
from Dhubri town and 219 km from
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (Guwahati
Airport), Guwahati.
As the mosque is standing on the
national highway 31, regular bus services are available from Guwahati,
Dhubri and Cooch Behar. The nearest railway station is Fakiragram (30 km)
and the nearest airport is the Guwahati
Airport (200 km). The mosque is also not far away from the mighty
Brahmaputra (8 km).
Dhubri is well connected by
road, railways and air to the rest of the country. Both Government & Private
Transports are available from Guwahati to Dhubri. One can board a bus at
Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT), Betkuchi, Guwahati. Private Buses are
available for day and night service. It takes about 5 to 6 hours from
Guwahati to Dhubri.
Dhubri is the terminal railway
station on the Fakiragram-Dhubri branch line. It also links to the New Cooch
Behar-Golokganj branch line.
Nearest airport to Dhubri is
Rupsi Airport, located
around 15 km away from Dhubri. The airport currently not provided any
scheduled flight. Guwahati
Airport is the nearest operational airport from Dhubri which is located
250 km away.
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