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Diversity Index of tree species in Singhabahini Sacred grove was found as 0.55 which is very interesting
for future studies in ecology as well as for conservational biology in the present day scenario. The site
differs from Khirkul in such a way that; Khirkil sacred grove with tree species diversity value was 0.86.
The dominance indices found were 0.34 and 0.06 for Singhabahini and Khirkul groves respectively.
Evenness indices were 0.70 and 0.48 respectively for Singabahini and Khirkul sacred groves. Richness
indices of tree species in two sites were 2.02 and 4.45 for Singhabahini and Khirkul respectively. Both the
sites were 33.33 percent similar in case of tree species composition. Among them, Singhabini was older
stand than Khirkul which boosts so many medicinal plants with ecological significance.
Key words: Singhabahini Sacred grove, Khirkul Sacred grove, nature made nursery, ecological
significance.