Jokai Reserve Forest

Jokai Reserve Forest

Jokai Reserve Forest is a broadleaf forest minute away from the Dibrugarh district. It covers an area of approx. 800 Hectares. The Jokai Botanical Garden, Sahitya Manishi Upaban, Apurugiya Brikhya Rupan (Under Construction) and Mahabir Forest camp falls under Jokai Reserve Forest jurisdiction. It has 7 (seven) Forest villages namely; EktrisGharia Bon Kumar Gaon, AathGharia and BaroGharia, SabbisGharia, SataisGharia, Majgaon Bees Gharia, Na Gharia and DusGharia Forest village. Numerous low altitude tropical species of fauna are present here in good numbers which includes Small Niltava, Little Pied Flycatcher, Black-winged and Large Cuckoo-shrikes, flock of Pompadour Green Pigeons, Jay-walking Emerald Dove, Red headed Trogon, Crimson Sunbird, Ruby Checked Sunbird, Scarlet Backed Flowerpecker, Black breasted Thrush - During spring, rare cuckoos (like the Asian emerald cuckoo) and flycatchers. Numerous low altitude tropical species of fauna are present here in good numbers which includes Small Niltava, Little Pied Flycatcher, Black-winged and Large Cuckoo-shrikes, flock of Pompadour Green Pigeons, Jay-walking Emerald Dove, Red headed Trogon, Crimson Sunbird, Ruby Checked Sunbird, Scarlet Backed Flowerpecker, Black breasted Thrush - During spring, rare cuckoos (like the Asian emerald cuckoo) and flycatchers. The forest is pregnant with medicinal, aromatic and oil bearing tropical trees and home to approximate 25 varieties of orchids.