Samaspur Sanctuary

Samaspur Sanctuary is situated near Salon in Rae Bareli district. It lies at about 122 km from Lucknow on Lucknow-Varanasi highway. It was established in 1987 on about 780 hectares of land. Nearest railway station is Unchahar and the nearest airport is Fursatganj, Raebareli. The best time to visit the place is between November to March. More than 250 varieties of birds can be seen here. Some of the birds come here from a distance of more than 5000 km, including Greylag Goose, Pintail, Common Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Shelduck (Surkhab) etc. Local birds include Knob-billed Duck, Lesser Whistling-duck, Indian Spot-billed Duck, Eurasian Spoon-bill, Kingfishers, Vultures etc. Twelve varieties of fish are there in the lake at Samaspur.

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Districts	Hardoi Lakhimpur Kheri Lucknow Raebareli Sitapur Unnao

Rivers, dams, lakes	Ganges Ghaghara Gomti Sarayu

Languages, people	Awadhi Hindustani Standard Hindi Urdu

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Industries	Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station

Wildlife sanctuaries	Kukrail Reserve Forest Dudhwa National Park Dudhwa Tiger Reserve Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary Samaspur Sanctuary Sandi Bird Sanctuary

Lok Sabha constituencies	Hardoi Misrikh Kheri Dhaurahra Lucknow Rae Bareli Sitapur Mohanlalganj Unnao

See also	Cities and towns in Hardoi district Cities and towns in Lakhimpur Kheri district Cities and towns in Lucknow district Cities and towns in Raebareli district Cities and towns in Sitapur district Cities and towns in Unnao district Villages in Hardoi district Villages in Lakhimpur Kheri district Villages in Lucknow district Villages in Raebareli district Villages in Unnao district People from Hardoi People from Lakhimpur Kheri People from Lucknow People from Raebareli People from Unnao

Other Divisions	Agra Aligarh Allahabad Azamgarh Bareilly Basti Chitrakoot Devipatan Faizabad Gorakhpur Jhansi Kanpur Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Saharanpur Varanasi

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