Karkat Waterfallकरकट जलप्रपात
A Karmanasa river fall into a Kaimur gorge full of mugger crocodiles. Look, do not swim.
See what is open on your dateOpen in Google MapsWhereKaimur, Bihar
Shahabad & Kaimur
Shahabad & Kaimur
Best time to visit15 July to 31 October
Good seasonsMonsoon (June to September), Post-monsoon (October to November)
DifficultyEasy
Height300 m above sea level
Time neededHalf day
Base and nearbyKarkatgarh, Bhabua / Chainpur
EntryFree · eco-tourism cottages bookable through the forest department
About Karkat Waterfall
The Karmanasa river drops over a wide sandstone ledge at Karkatgarh, on the Bihar-Uttar Pradesh border, into a gorge holding one of the largest mugger crocodile populations in the state. Bihar declared it a crocodile conservation reserve in 2020 and built a viewing deck and cottages. The fall is full from July into October and the rock is slick then; do not go into the water, for the current and for the crocodiles.
What to see and do
- Wide ledge fall on the Karmanasa
- Mugger crocodiles on the gorge banks
- Crocodile conservation reserve, 2020
- Forest department viewing deck and cottages
- Kaimur gorge scenery
Part of Vindhya and Kaimur.
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More places in Kaimur
- Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, BiharKaimur, Bihar · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesBihar's largest sanctuary, a sal plateau of leopard, bear and rock shelters with almost no visitors.
- Telhar KundKaimur, Bihar · WaterfallsBihar's highest waterfall, an 80-metre drop off the Adhaura plateau into a wooded gorge.
- ChainpurKaimur, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageA 16th-century Afghan tomb, a ruined fort and the Harsu Brahm exorcism shrine, near Mundeshwari.
- Durgavati ReservoirKaimur, Bihar · Lakes & DamsA long reservoir folded between Kaimur ridges, with boating and the best sunsets in the district.
- Mundeshwari TempleKaimur, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesAn octagonal stone temple of 108 CE on a Kaimur hilltop, one of the oldest still in daily worship.
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