It is a dense block of eminent plateau lying at the core of the Mayurbhanj District and also the biggest reserve forest block of India. The reserve is prospective habitat where a wide range of flora and fauna can be found and it provides space to the large number of tigers, sambar, chital, leopards, and as many as 304 varieties of birds. It is a prominent reserve forest of Odisha that is inhabited by a host of amphibians, aquatic animals and invertebrates.