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Detailed explanation-1: -Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is in Bhagalpur District of Bihar, India. The sanctuary is 60 kilometers stretch of the Ganges River from Sultanganj to Kahalgaon in the Bhagalpur district. notified as Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in 1991.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is located in Bhagalpur District of Bihar, India. The sanctuary is a 60 kilometers stretch of the Ganges River from Sultanganj to Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Ministry of Environment and Forest declared the Gangetic dolphin the national aquatic animal of India. A stretch of the Ganges River between Sultanganj and Kahlgaon in Bihar has been declared a dolphin sanctuary and named Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, the first such protected area.

Detailed explanation-4: -State Animal of Bihar is the Gangetic Dolphin.

Detailed explanation-5: -Over 70% of the 190 dolphins recorded were in the stretch of the river that lies in Bihar’s districts. The Mahananda is a 360 km river, one of the tributaries of the Ganges, that originates in Darjeeling and traverses through the Indian states of Bihar and West Bengal.