Peacock & Chinkara Breeding Centre, Jhabua

Peacock & Chinkara Breeding Centre, Jhabuwa
Indian peafowl & Chinkara Wildlife protection
Peacock & Chinkara Breeding Centre, Jhabuwa Location in Haryana, India Peacock & Chinkara Breeding Centre, Jhabuwa Peacock & Chinkara Breeding Centre, Jhabuwa (India)
Coordinates: 28°02′12″N 76°36′27″E
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Rewari district
Founded by	All 4 Villages of region (Jhabuwa, Bidawas, Bhadoj & Khijuri)
Named for	Haryana Government
Government
• Type	Government
• Body	Haryana Forest Department
Population
• Total	5,000
• Rank	Higher
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	123501
ISO 3166 code	IN-HR
Vehicle registration	Yes
Website	www.haryanaforest.gov.in

Peacock & Chinkara Breeding Centre, Jhabuwa is a 750-acre protected peacock (Indian peafowl) and chinkara reserve forest in Jhabuwa village 15 km south of Bawal in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. Jhabuwa is 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Delhi and 70 kilometres (43 mi) from Gurugram and 200 km from Hisar.

History

This centre of Forests Department, Haryana was officially opened on 4 October 2011 by then Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala. The state government will be providing about Rs.20 crore of funding for the centre over the next 20 years.

Reserve forest

The Jhabuwa reserve forest lies between Jhabuwa, Bidawas, Bhadoj and Khijuri villages. Out of 750 acres reserve forest, 80 acres are allocated for the captive breeding of Chinkara and Indian peafowl. 20 Peacocks were tagged, with the help of Bombay Natural History Society, on legs and wing for the long-term study of movement and health. Those were released in the wild in February 2018.

See also

• Masani barrage
• CCS HAU, Bawal campus