It is home to a wonderful variety of plant, animal and bird-life and provides some of the best bird watching experience in the country. Past surveys show the presence of species include 37 mammals, 167 birds, 7 amphibians, 18 reptiles and 638 plants but now it is belived to be much less. Four different ethnic communities (Tripura, shantal, telugu and urang) live in and around the forest.