Satchari National Park, National park in Habiganj District, Bangladesh.
Satchari National Park is a protected forest area covering 243 hectares on Raghunandan hill, with mixed evergreen woodland and seven streams running through it. Tea gardens occupy the land on both its eastern and western edges.
The forest was formerly the Raghunandan Hill Reserve Forest. Under the 1974 Wildlife Preservation Act it was protected, and in 2005 Satchari National Park was created on 243 hectares. The park lies on Raghunandan hill in Paikpara Union, Chunarughat Upazila, Habiganj District, 130 km from Dhaka.
About 24 Tipra families live in Tipra Para, a settlement inside the park, as recorded in 2007. The NGO Nisharga, working alongside the Forest Department, runs eco-tours in the forest and sells handicraft items, so visitors meet the park's community arrangements through that programme.
The park lies on Raghunandan hill in Paikpara Union, Chunarughat Upazila, about 130 km by road from Dhaka. Satchari tea garden borders it to the west and Chaklapunji tea garden to the east. A student dormitory run with the NGO Nisharga offers overnight stays inside the park.
The Cachar bulbul, a bird with a restricted range, lives here, and the park is also declared a Vulture Safe Zone under Bangladesh's Vulture Safe Area-1 schedule. The NGO Nisharga runs eco-tours and sells handicrafts, and a student dormitory inside the park offers overnight stays.
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