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Assam's sixth national park, declared in 2021 in Kokrajhar district, known for the golden langur and a transboundary landscape shared with Bhutan.
Raimona National Park is a protected area in the Gossaigaon subdivision of Kokrajhar district, within the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam. It was declared a national park on World Environment Day, 5 June 2021, becoming Assam's sixth national park, and covers about 422 square kilometres. Lying in the Himalayan foothills against the Bhutan border, it is best known as a stronghold of the golden langur and is regarded as among the most biodiversity-rich forest belts in Assam.
Type: PhenomenonDeclared a national park on 5 June 2021, World Environment Day
Assam's sixth national park
Area of about 422 sq km
Located in the Gossaigaon subdivision of Kokrajhar district, Bodoland Territorial Region
Home to Gee's golden langur, the mascot of Bodoland and among the world's most endangered primates
Contains around 11 forest types and sub-types
Other species include the Bengal tiger, clouded leopard, gaur and chital
Frequency: Newly notified protected areas and their flagship species appear regularly in UPSC Prelims environment questions
5 June 2021, World Environment Day
The state's sixth national park
About 422 sq km
Kokrajhar, Gossaigaon subdivision
Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR)
Gee's golden langur
About 11 forest types and sub-types
More than 2,400 sq km with adjoining Bhutanese protected areas
Raimona's value lies as much in what it connects as in what it contains. Its forests run continuously into Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary and Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park across the Bhutan border, creating a single transboundary conservation landscape of more than 2,400 square kilometres. For wide-ranging species such as tigers and elephants, and for an arboreal primate like the golden langur that cannot cross open ground, that contiguity is what makes populations viable in the long run rather than isolated fragments. Its location in the Bodoland Territorial Region also gives it a political dimension: the golden langur serves as Bodoland's mascot, tying the park's protection to regional identity in a way that strengthens local support for conservation.
Raimona National Park: Kokrajhar district, Bodoland Territorial Region, Assam
Declared 5 June 2021, Assam's sixth national park
Area about 422 sq km
Flagship species: Gee's golden langur, Bodoland's mascot
About 11 forest types and sub-types
Adjoins Phibsoo WLS and Jigme Singye Wangchuck NP in Bhutan
Transboundary landscape exceeds 2,400 sq km
In Assam, specifically in the Gossaigaon subdivision of Kokrajhar district within the Bodoland Territorial Region.
On 5 June 2021, World Environment Day, making it Assam's sixth national park.
Gee's golden langur, one of the world's most endangered primates and the mascot of Bodoland.
Its forests are contiguous with Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary and Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park in Bhutan, together forming a protected landscape of more than 2,400 sq km.