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THE VILLAGE WILDLIFE VOLUNTEER

PROGRAM Jan to June 2016

Tiger Watch VWV report 2016

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Tiger Watch and Tiger Cell of

forest department Ranthambhore

are equal partner of the program

and the program is initiated by

the dynamic field director of

Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve- Mr.

Y K Sahu. He is a visionary and

believes in community

conservation partnership. He is

the think tank of the program.


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Supporters of the VWV program Mr. Julian Matthews- TOFTigers

Mr. Jaisal Singh and Mr. Anjali Singh- Sherbagh Hotel Mr. Ishan Dhar

Mr. Subhro Bhattacharya Mr. Vinayak Shankar Mr. Ashok Mahindra

Mr. Anshuman Jain (Anshu Jain) Mr. Vidya Chander Mr. Iskander Laljee

Mr. Aditya Singh- Ranthambhore Bagh Mr. Nithin Nagraj

Ms. Aritra Banerjee Ms. Tapati Bhattacharya

Mr. Supratik Mitra Mr. Rahul Khosla

Mr. Shrirang Purohit Mr Ashok Bahadur

Members support:


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Since 2013, Tiger Watch has been running the 30 man

strong Village Wildlife Volunteer Program. The program is

the brain child of Mr. Y K Sahu, field director of

Ranthambhore. The Volunteers themselves are usually

herders or subsistence farmers, who work on the

outskirts of the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, i.e. areas

where the forest department feels that their presence is

weak due to the lack of man power or high human

pressure or remoteness. The stated objectives of the

program are- Monitoring tigers outside the reserve,

providing intelligence regarding poaching to the forest

authorities and monitoring issues arising from cattle kills.

The Village Wildlife Volunteer program is a program

where all the main stakeholders of the forest are

partners be it the NGO, the forest department, the

tourism sector and most importantly the local

communities. The program allows everyone to come

together towards protecting the precious big cats and

other wildlife. Tiger Watch coordinates with the VWV

team on a daily basis and identifies their appropriate

person to employ for each responsibility. The Forest

department suggests a crucial location where it needs

support and from there, Tiger Watch selects an individual,

trains them and when the team provides any information,

the department acts on the information provided by the

VWV team. Tourism provides crucial financial support to

the program. All the VWV belong to the pastoral

communities that ring the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve

and are naturally well versed with the forest as well as

the local communities. This puts them in a very unique

position to act as liaison points between the forest and

the local communities.


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Location of VWV: There are 30 VWV in Tiger Watch and

Their villages are largely in the corridor area between

Kaialdevi WLS and Ranthambhore NP. The VWV are

managed by 5 different cordinators. The cordinators

themselves are technically more adept and know how to

download data on their mobile phones from camera

traps card and they also use these smart phones to send

pictures and texts or voice messages via whatsapp.


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1. Monitoring of Wildlife: The VWV team regularly

installs camera traps to monitor the wildlife in

their respective locations. The data is directly

dispatched to the tiger cell of the forest by the

VWV coordinators. In the last 6 months they

collected pictures of 10 different tigers (T11, T66,

T65, T33, T80, T81, T82, T72, T06, and T91) from

outside of the protected area. 8 of these were

new additions to the camera trap database of

the forest department. Therefore the VWV

contributed 20% tigers to their database. They

also found the carcass of T 11 in the peripheral

areas. Monitoring T72 aka Sultan in Kailadevi is

one of the toughest challenges, but regular

inputs regarding cattle kills made by him helped

them locate him many times. Their reporting on

Caracals and Wolves outside of the protected

area was also exceptional. On the basis of the

tiger movements in question, a student Ms.

Meenu Dhakad completed her master’s degree

thesis on corridor between Ranthambhore and

Kaialdevi WlS.


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2. Reporting Cattle Kills (January 2016 to May

2016): They regularly investigate and report

cattle kills, doing their best to establish the

predator responsible. They also immediately

report all cattle kills to the forest department so

that no irate herders or farmers take retaliatory

action against the local wildlife . Atleast 3 tigers

have been poisoned in retaliatory action by irate

villagers since 2010. By belonging to the same

communities that are often plagued by cattle

killing predators, they play a key role in pacifying

villagers and acting as a go between them and

the forest department when it comes to applying

for compensation. This liaisoning on their part

prevents retaliatory action by villagers against

the wildlife.

Mr. Aristo Mendis finished his master’s degree

on the data collected by VWV. The following

table signifies what kind of records they

maintain. Aristo completed his degree with the

highest ranking in his class. He also found that

there is a huge gap in between the number of

cattle kill owners compensated and the actual

number of cattle kills and now the forest

department is trying improve the situation.


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Date Animal

responsible Kill owner name Location Camera Image VWV

02-01-2016 Tiger Cow F Choti kho-Dangda pathar Yes Vijay singh

13-01-2016 Tiger Nilgai F Rojhda ka nala No Hansraj

24-01-2016 Tiger Goat Harkesh gurjar londavadi Mataji k upar ka nala No Buddhiprakash

27-01-2016 Tiger Ox F Hanumanji ki aatri-Maharo No Balram

01-01-2016 Leopard Cow F Shreenath pura ka nala No Hansraj

03-01-2016 Leopard 4 Sheep Shivlal kumar Bajoli No Jaga

03-01-2016 Leopard Calf Meetha lal mali Goatbihari Ogadh ka nala No Ramlal, Badri

05-01-2016 Leopard Goat Jagdish gurjar Kondla Kondla No Babulal

05-01-2016 Leopard Goat Girdhari gurjar Khateki Menda ki No Girdhari

05-01-2016 Leopard Cow Ramkuwar gujar Karadki Mataji k upar ka nala No Buddhiprakash

05-01-2016 Leopard Goat Ramgopal jaga Bajoli

hanumanji ka nala-bajoli No Jaga


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06-01-2016 Leopard Goat ramesh mali Sanwas Neela patha No Badri

06-01-2016 Leopard Goat Amrat lal mali Kho Kho No Girdhari

09-01-2016 Leopard Calf Ramswaroop jaga Dudh ghati No Jaga

11-01-2016 Leopard Cow F Hanumanji ki aatri-Maharo No Balram

28-01-2016 Leopard Goat Pintu gurjar Karadki Karado No Balram

05-01-2016 Wolf Calf Ramphool gurjar Pathe ka nala No Vijay singh

16-01-2016 Wolf Goat

Ramkrishan gurjar Dangda pathar jamooni ka nala, No Vijay singh

19-01-2016 Wolf Sheep naval gurjar bajoli Bajoli No Jaga

20-01-2016 Wolf Calf F Gond ka nala No Vijay singh

05-02-2016 Wolf 8 Sheep Radhe Gujjar Kaneti no Ramswaroop

09-02-2016 Tiger Calf F Jamoodi ghati govindpura no Roopchand

10-02-2016 Tiger Cow F Binjari ka nala-Govindpura No Roopchand

11-02-2016 Tiger Goat Chranu mali Hanumanji khora-Sanwas No Badri


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12-02-2016 Tiger Cow F Dholidat par-Govindpura no Roopchand

13-02-2016 Wolf Calf F Pokhar ka danda-Dangda pathar No Vijay singh

22-02-2016 Wolf Goat Swaroop Gujjar Goda ki-Dangda pathar No Vijay singh

22-02-2016 Wolf Goat Gopal jaga Hanumanji k pas-Bajoli no Ramswaroop

27-02-2016 Hyena Sheep Ghanshyam Gujjar

Bhairo ji ka nala-Khirkada No Mangilal

27-02-2016 Wolf B Calf Ghanshyam Gujjar

Manda ki-Dangda pathar No Vijay singh

28-02-2016 Panther Goat Ramkrishan Gujjar

Gond ki talai-Dangda pathar no Vijay singh

12-02-2016 Tiger Nilgai F Damdama ka nala No Hansraj

13-02-2016 Tiger Cow Harishankar gujjar-Jogipura Jogipura-Sawta Yes Naresh

13-02-2016 Panther Cow F Jamoodi ghati govindpura Yes Roopchand

19-02-2016 Tiger Calf F Magardeh chambal-Sewati Yes Hanuman

25-02-2016 Tiger cow Gopal Gujjar Kalakhora Yes Dharm singh

26-02-2016 Wolf 4 Sheep Rameti wife of Kanaiya Bangda kalan no Hanuman

28-02-2016 Tiger Cow F Googal Plant- no Hanuman


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Maharajpura 12-03-2016 Panther Goat Ramjilal Gujjar Akoda no Pappu jat

14-03-2016 Tiger Cow F Kalibhat k pas-Rodabad No Pappu jat

17-03-2016 Tiger Calf Sitaram Kalakhora No Dharm singh

18-03-2016 Tiger Wild boar Magardeh chambal-Sewati no Pappu jat

03-03-2016 Wolf Goat ramsingh Gujjar Dangda pathar no Vijay singh

26-03-2016 Panther Cow F Jamoodi ghati govindpura No Ramu Gujjar

08-03-2016 Wolf Goat Harkesh Gujjar Laladi ka Dangda No Vijay singh

16-03-2016 Wolf Calf F Pani ka Jharna-Sankda no Hansraj

16-03-2016 Wolf Cow Calf F Jamoodi ghati-Dangda pathar No Vijay singh

16-03-2016 Tiger Cow Balbir singh Neemdeh k pas-Choti kho Yes Harimohan

26-03-2016 Panther Nilgai F Kedar baba ki kho-Sankda No Hansraj

06-04-2016 Wolf Goat Ramjilal Gujjar Akoda-Plantation gate k pas no Gir raj

07-04-2016 Wolf Sheep Puran Berva Akoda no Gir raj

11-04-2016 Panther Calf F School ka nala-Kalakhora Yes Dharm singh

13-04-2016 Panther Nilgai F Sankda Kuaa ka nala no Hansraj


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15-04-2016 Wolf Sheep Gir raj Gujjar Akoda no Gir raj 17-04-2016 Panther Goat Ramkesh Gujjar Khirkada no Mangilal

24-04-2016 Tiger Cow Ghanshyam Gujjar Talawda No Ramkesh

25-04-2016 Tiger Baffalo Pappu Gujjar Baba ka baandh-Sawta Yes Naresh Gujjar

07-02-2016 Panther Dog F Khirkada no Mangilal

28-04-2016 Tiger Nilgai F Chambal k kinare No Gir raj

29-04-2016 Tiger Ox Amar singh lohar

Mataji ghati k pas-Naypur No Jitendra Yogi

01-04-2016 Tiger Baffalo Gir raj Gujjar Talda No Ramswaroop

14-04-2016 Panther Goat Ram Dhan Gujjar-Bajoli Bajoli No Ramswaroop

25-04-2016 Panther 4 Sheep Shivlal kumar Bajoli No Ramswaroop 01-05-2016 Panther Goat Harikesh Gujar Khirkada No Mangilal

04-05-2016 Tiger Nilgai F Banpur ka nala Yes Ramkesh Talawda

08-05-2016 Tiger Sambar F Talawda berwa basti Yes Ramkesh Talawda

08-05-2016 Leopard Calf Heeralal mali Neela patta ki taraf No Badri, Ramesh 10-05-2016 Tiger Nilgai F Vishwnathpura k pas No Siyaram gujar

18-05-2016 Tiger Nilgai F Moratilla Yes Badri

25-05-2016 Tiger Nilgai F Balaji ghati chhan No Keshav

31-05-2016 Leopard Nilgai F Aamlideh k pas-Kalakhora Yes Amarsingh


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13-05-2016 Wolf Cow F Vishwnathpura- Berwa k anicut k pas No Siyaram gujar

13-05-2016 Leopard 4 Goat Laxman rewari Galendi No Ramkesh Talawda

18-05-2016 Tiger Nilgai F Peelu wale Hanumanji k pas No Ramesh Mali

22-05-2016 Tiger Goat F Van vibhag diwar kalakhora ka nala Yes Dharmsingh

24-05-2016 Tiger Sambar F Kali bhat par Dharmsingh


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3. Anti-poaching: We were not expecting any

significant work in this area, but VWV did

surprise us with their incredible contribution in

the fight against poaching. The data below

indicates that they provided intelligence when it

came to poachers operating in the peripheral

areas of the park at least 4-6 times a month. The

vast majority of these poachers are on the hunt

for bush meat. A student from Delhi is also doing

his masters internship on this topic and will

prepare two different documents , the first, a

confidential document on suspicious individuals

who are involved in the poaching for bush meat

and the second is one that will be published in

the public domain

when required. The

Village Wildlife

Volunteers have

changed the face of

anti-poaching in

Ranthambore by

providing timely

intelligence, which

was not available to

the forest

department before. It

is now preventative in

nature rather than an exercise of containment.


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Poaching cases in Ranthambhore area between January to June (2016):

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Date Poaching/ Hunting

Cases Place V.W. V Name Course of action

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10-01-2016

Found a gun powder bomb (bush-meat poachers using it for killing wild pigs)

Neela pattha Govindpura area.

Roopchand Informed to Forest officers

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18-01-2016

Found a dead wild boar, with pellet wounds

Kedar baba kho-shri nathpura

Hansraj Informed to forest officers

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30-01-2016

Found a dead nilgai, with pellet wounds

Aamlideh-Kalakhora

Dharmsingh Informed to forest officers

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14-02-2016

Saw 2 poachers with gun near Banas river

Banas Nadi-Kalabhata Ramswaroop No one came to caught them

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01-02-2016

Found a dead Nilgai, pellet wounds

Aamlideh-Kalakhora Dharm singh

hunter buried the carcass, Dharm singh again found the place where they buried it and informed to the department

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03-02-2016

8 poachers with 2 gun were roaming around plantation area akoda. (Ramswaroop Akoda Hanuman

They run when they saw forest officers


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mogya, Narotam mogya, Laddo devi mogya).

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03-02-2016

1 Nilgai electrocuted in an agricultural land in Banpur. And then they put the carcass near Banpur ki talai. Banpur Ramkesh Informed to forest officials

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12-02-2016

Poachers laid a net in well and 15 rock pigeon trapped in that. Guwadi Harimohan

VWV cut that net and saved all the pigeon.

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17-02-2016

Camera trap caught a nilgai with snare.

School ka nala-Kalakhora Dharm singh Informed to forest officer

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29-02-2016

In night 3 poachers with 1 gun were roaming around near Govindpura area. Govindpura Roopchand

Forest officers reach there and when they saw jeep head light they ran away.

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01-03-2016

3 Mogya with 2 gun were roaming near Banas nadi kalabhata.

Kalabhata-Banas nadi Ramswaroop

We informed forest officer but no one reach on that spot.

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29-03-2016

17 Peafowl died by eating poisoned bajra seeds.

Kedar baba kho-Sankda Hansraj

Forest officers were informed about this and they took all dead peafowls for the post mortem.


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30-03-2016

18 more Peafowl died by eating poisoned Bajra seeds.

Kedar baba kho-Sankda Hansraj

Forest officers were informed about this and they took all dead peafowls for post mortem.

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06-03-2016

5 poachers with 1 gun killed a wildboar. Akoda Pappu jat

We informed forest officer and they reached on that spot and caught 1 hunter (Kedar mali , village-Badvas). And caught 10 Kg meat from him.

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10-03-2016

Got 2 Sambar pictures in camera trap with snares

Bhomiya ji ka nala-Goatbihari Badri

We informed forest officers, they reach on that spot and found 2 more snare.

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21-03-2016 Found 5 wire snares Talawda

Ramkesh,Hanuman and Badri

We informed forest officer, they suggested to inform guard and then guard found snare at that place.

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22-03-2016 Found 6 wire snares Talawda

Ramkesh,Hanuman and Badri

Forest officers were informed and they reach on the spot

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29-03-2016

1 wild boar killed with a gun powder bomb. Heeraman ki talai Roopchand

We informed forest officers, that hunter escaped with meat before officers reach there. (Hunters-Ramu Thakur, Raghuveer singh Thakur & Lakkhu Meena, Village-Jhopdi).

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10-04-2016

7 Mogya with 4 gun sitting for hunt near Banas nadi kinara-Londavadi. (Prakash,

Banas nadi ka kinara-Londavadi Ramswaroop

We informed forest officers, then Karoli officers (Range Sapotra) reached there and they caught 1 women & 1child and other poachers


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Ramdyal, Lakkhan, Gokul, Prakash, Krishan Gopal, Sultan & Sampat Devi W/O Ramesh ).

escaped from the spot. We tried to chase but they abandoned their home too.

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22-04-2016

1 poacher killed a Nilgai in Kalabhata Kalabhata-Kondla Ramswaroop

We informed officers but they didn’t show any interest.

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08-04-2016

2 poachers with 1 gun were roaming around Basso ka Darra area by bike. Darra

Hanuman (Rahil Patel news) Hunter escaped from the point.

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09-04-2016

2 Poachers with 1 gun roaming in Akoda area Akoda Gir raj

They killed 1 Hare and escaped. Forest officers reach there but didn’t get them.

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16-04-2016

Laddo devi went in Akoda Berva basti for selling meat. Akoda Gir raj

Hanuman and Gir raj reach there but she already sold whole meat.

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28-04-2016

4 poachers with gun poaching near Khirni wale Hanumanji k pas-Sanwas. Sanwas Ramesh

We informed DFO, he send his team there but all poachers escaped.

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07-05-2016 Illegal fishing Pal deh Pardeep Informed to Forest officials


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08-05-2016 4 man illegal fishing

Aamlideh-Kalakhora Dharmsingh Informed to Forest officials

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20-05-2016

1-Sambar died by snare, burned the dead carcass.

Ogadh nala se hanumanji ka nala Badri Informed to Forest officials

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21-05-2016 1 sambar with snare Magardeh Ramesh Informed to Forest officials

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27-05-2016

1 man caught in camera trap with gun Talawda Ramkesh Informed to Forest officials

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27-05-2016

2 man caught in camera with 2 gun Magardeh area Ramesh

Informed to Forest officials, they filed a case and seized a motor bike too.

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06-03-2016

1 Wild boar killed by Ramswaroop Mogiya

Aniyala, Bairwah basti Hanuman,Roopchand

Forest department arrested Kamlesh and Kadi devi

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06-04-2016 1 dough bomb seized Govindpura Roopchand,Ramu

Forest department seized the dough bomb


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Reforestation by the VWV team: Planted 25 Banyan

Trees in their villages.


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The VWV Program in the News:

1. BBC Wildlife Magazine article: 5. Gulf News:

2. LA times: link http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-india-tigers-snap-

story.html

3. The Standard times :http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/indian-tigers-

starting-to-make-a-roaring-comeback-35e2d4c1-8a75-2e99-e053-

0100007fa2c5-384401551.html

4. The recorder: http://www.recorder.com/india-tigers-comback-3049697


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Sharing Ideas

1. With Chief minister- Mrs. Vashundhara

Raje appreciating work of VWV

2. State wildlife Standing committee

chairman Shri Ajit Singh (DGP- Jail) and

members Shri GS Kushawaha (Secretary

RPSC), Shri RatnaSwami (Add PCCF)


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3. A meeting with ardent supporter of the program-

VWV. Mr. Julian Matthews is founder of TOFTigers.

When he heard about the program he instantly

started support for the initiative alongside his

member companies. He personally met the VWV

team and shared his ideas about conservation. He is

supporting a unit of 10 VWV with TOFTigers

member’s funding.

4. Strong supporters of the program: aiding the other 20 VWV team.

Mr. Jaisal and Ms. Anjali Singh Mr. Subhro Bhattacharya and Mr. Ishan Dhar


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Profile of Village wildlife Volunteers:

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Hanuman Singh Gurjar S/o Shri Devi lal Gurjar 28 Bangda Kalan (Main coordinator)

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Ramswaroop Jaga Shri RamRatan Jaga 40 Bajoli (Baler)


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Pradeep singh Shri Brijraj singh 25 Kho (kailadevi)

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Ramkesh Shri Kailash 28 Khedi (SMS)

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Ramkesh Gurjar Shri Laddulal Gurjar 19 Talawda (Ranthambhore)


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Naresh Gurjar Shri Parbhu Gurjar 28 Sanwta (Corridor) (coordinator -Amli)

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Gir Raj Shri Murali 21 Akoda (Buffer)

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Ramu Gurjar Shri Brijmohan Gurjar 25 Jhopdi (Kaialdevi)


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Balram Gurjar Shri Sitaram Gurjar 22 Maharo (Kailadevi)

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Umedh Singh Berwa Shri Haricharan Berwa 21 Chachendi

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Dharam Singh Shri Kallaram 23 Maharo


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Harimohan Shri Ramkrishan 23 Guwadi (Coordinator- Sapotra)

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Girdhari Gurjar Shri Sitaram Gurjar 21 Khateki

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Roopchand Berwa Shri Gyarsha Berwa 40 Govindpura (Coordinator- Maharajpura)


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Amar Singh Gurjar Shri Badri Gurjar 32 Kalakhora

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Vijay Singh Gurjar Shri Ramswaroop Gurjar 26 Dangda Pathar

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Ramesh mali Shri Kalyan Mali 30 Sanwas


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Badri Sain Shri Shambhu Dyal Sain 32 Goatbihari (coordinator- Khandar)

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Babulal Gurjar Shri Ramulal Gurjar 22 Bhaopur

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Dharam Singh Gurjar Shri Laxmi Narayan Gurjar 27 Kalakhora


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Mangilal Gurjar Shri Shankarlal Gurjar 25 Khirkada

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Harkesh Gurjar Shri Prabhulal Gurjar 22 Sawta

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Hansraj Shri Ramswaroop 24 Sankda


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Siyaram Shri Haricharan 27 Bheempura

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Girdhar Shri Ramesh Sain 18 Khandar


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26. Ram Dayal Gujar 20 Dabich Khandar -*

27. Kamlesh Gujar 24yrs Banpur Khandar

28. Amrit Lal Gujar 20 yrs Chirchri


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29. Chachendi

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Battilal Gurjer 24 yrs. Shrinathpura


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