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Pench National Park is a national park in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.It is part of Pench Tiger Reserve and covers an area of 758 km 2 (293 sq mi). It was declared a sanctuary in 1965, raised to the status of a national park in 1975 and enlisted as a tigers reserve in 1992.
The sanctuary is located 20 km east of Bhandara town. The nearest rail and airport head is Nagpur. Regular buses at an interval of 30 minutes are available from Bhandara Bus Stand from 5:00 am to 8:00 pm. The sanctuary is open for visitors from sunrise to sunset. There are many hotels and resorts located near Bhandara town.
The tiger reserves in India were set up as a part of Project Tiger initiated in 1973 and are administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of Government of India. As of December 2024, there are 57 protected areas that have been designated as tiger reserves. As of 2023, there were 3,682 wild tigers in India, which is almost 75% of ...
Mammal species such as the Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, gaur, blue bull, chital, sambar deer, barking deer, chinkara, monkey, wild boar, sloth bear and dhole live here. [4] The Wildlife Institute of India estimated the presence of three tigers in and around the sanctuary but the number has increased to five, with three new cubs sighted in ...
Pench Tiger Reserve or Pench National Park is a tiger reserve in India straddling across Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. On the Madhya Pradesh side, the Pench Tiger Reserve encompasses a core area of 411.33 km 2 (158.82 sq mi), with a buffer of 768.3 km 2 (296.6 sq mi), making for a total protected area of 1,179.63 km 2 (455.46 sq mi). [ 1 ]
Navegaon National Park is a National park located in the Arjuni Morgaon subdivision of Gondia district in state of Maharashtra, India.The Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Navegaon is home to almost 60% of the bird species found in entire Maharashtra.
Nagpur is surrounded by many tiger reserves and acts as a gateway, hence called Tiger capital of India. [221] Tiger reserves such as Pench Tiger Reserve is situated around 100 km from the city and can be reached through NH44 in Nagpur Jabalpur road. Tadoba National Park is situated south of the city and is around 141 km from the city.
Tiger reserves consist of areas under national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. There are 53 tiger reserves in India. [1] As of January 2023, the protected areas of India cover 173,629.52 square kilometres (67,038.73 sq mi), roughly 5.28% of the total geographical area of the country. [2]