FOREST

Achampet Wildlife Management Division, came into existence with effect from 1/1/1999 extending over 248749 Ha. The entire area of the Division forms a part of Nagarkurnool and Wanaparthy Revenue divisions of Mahabubnagar District. This division lies between 16 ^o 18’ 50” and 16 ^o 37’ 45” northern latitude and 78° 4’ 30” and 78 ^o 58’ 50” eastern longitudes. After reorganization of the division, the existing Achampet Wildlife Division has been bifurcated into two sub-divisions ie.,

FDO Achampet (22354 Ha area) &
FDO Amrabad Divisions (6671Ha)

In additional an area of 6720.52 Ha from Mahaboobnagar division has also been added to Achampet Forest division. These two sub-divisions are under control of the DFO Nagarkurnool. The Nagarkurnool Division with an extent of 6,545.00 Sq. Km in which most of the area falls in Amrabad Tiger Reserve. The total forest area of the division is 2555.00 Sq. Km. The jurisdiction of the division extends over 20 Revenue Mandals of the district. This Geographical area of this division is 6,545.00 Sq.Km out of which 2555.00 Sq.KM is Forest area which is 49.60% of Geographical area.

Forest Area