The sanctuary is best approached by road from Washim. The nearest rail head is Murtizapur. The management plan for Karanja Sohol wildlife sanctuary is approved vide letter Desk-22(8)/521(3)/172 dt. 29/04/2009 for the year 2009/2010 to 2018/2019 by the Government of India. Karanja Sohol Wildlife Sanctuary is an undulating tract of grasslands interspersed with wooded areas. The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests harbours teak ("Tectona grandis") and Coromandel ebony ("Diospyros melanoxylon") as predominant species. Other important tree species include ain ("Terminalia alata"), axlewood ("Anogeissus latifolia"), lendia ("Lagerstroemia parviflora"), shiwan ("Gmelina aoborea"), kalamb ("Mitragyna paoviflora"), telia, Indian rosewood ("Dalbergia latifolia") and bija ("Pterocarpus marsupium"). The sanctuary attracts a large variety of migratory waterfowl from November to March every year. 17 mammal species, 75 bird species, 18 reptiles, three amphibians, 23 fishes and 48 butterfly and spider species were recorded. Mammal species include Indian muntjac ("Muntiacus muntjak"), striped hyena ("Hyaena hyaena"), sambar deer ("Rusa unicolor"), jungle cat ("Felis chaus"), wild boar ("Sus scrofa"). Grass has been grown to aid restoring blackbuck ("Antilope cervicapra"). and spotted deer ("Axis axis"). Pandav Gufa Rural Municipality  JAGNNATH () is the newly formed rural municipality in Bajura District in the Sudurpashchim Pradesh of Nepal. It was formed in March 2017, when Government of Nepal decided to restrict all old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units in line with the Constitution of Nepal 2015. Jagnnath the name of this rural municipality is derived after the name of cave locally refereed as jagnnath which is also located in this region. It is formed by merging previous VDCs named Gotri, and ward no 1 to 8 of Jagannath. Jagnnath Rural Municipality has an area of and the population of this municipality is 9,432. It is the third smallest rural municipality in terms of population and area.