Where the land meets the sea at the southern tip of West Bengal
lies the Indian Sundarbans, a stretch of impenetrable mangrove
forest of great size and bio-diversity. A UNESCO World Heritage
Site, Sundarban is a vast area covering 4262 square kms in India
alone, with a larger portion in Bangladesh. 2585 sq. kms of the
Indian Sundarban forms the largest Tiger Reserve and National
Park in India. The total area of the Indian part of the
Sundarban forest, lying within the latitude between
21°13’-22°40’ North and longitude 88°05’-89°06’ East, is about
4,262 sq km, of which 2,125 sq km is occupied by mangrove forest
across 56 islands and the balance is The Sundarbans are a part
of the world's largest delta formed by the rivers Ganges,
Brahmaputra and Meghna. Situated on the lower end of the
Gangetic West Bengal, 21°13’-22°40’ North and longitude
88°05’-89°06’ East, it is also the world’s largest estuarine
forest. The Sundarbans is inhospitable, dangerous and
monotonous. Dense mangrove forests occupy 56 islands and