Churdhar wildlife sanctuary

 Churdhar Sanctuary is located in Sirmaur district. The total covered area of this sanctuary is 56.16 square kilometres as notified on 15 November 1985. Fauna includes  leopards, Himalayan brown bear, Musk deer, Barking deer and langur. 

The work of administration at Churdhar is taken care by Chureshwar Sewa Samiti.

View of churdhar

The sanctuary is named after Churdhar Peak. Churdhar (elevation of 3,647 metres; 11,965 feet) is the highest peak in Sirmour district and is also the highest peak in the outer Himalayas. The peak has a great religious significance for the people of Sirmour, Shimla, Chaupal and Solan of Himachal Pradesh and Dehradun of Uttarakhand. Churdhar is a holy place related with Shri Shirgul Maharaj (Chureshwar Maharaj), a deity widely worshipped in Sirmour and Chaupal. The main routes for arrival are from Nohradhar to 18 km, (Sirmour)and Sarain, Chaupal of 8 km.


The Churdhar Peak is mentioned in the book, The Great Arc, by John Keay but is referred to as The Chur. It is from this peak that George Everest made many astronomical readings and sightings of the Himalaya mountains around 1834. He was the Surveyor General of India and did the initial survey of the full length of India as well as some very accurate measurements of the earth's curvature.

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