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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 reserve was originally created to protect the endangered and endemic subspecies of Swamp Deer. Bandhavgarh National Park - 165 Kilometres via Shahpura: Carries one of the desnsest tiger populations and offers highest chances of tiger sighting. Recently discovered ancient sculptures are of immense archaeological importance.
The tourism in Nagpur is due to a large number of National Parks/Wildlife Sanctuaries surrounding Nagpur. All of these sanctuaries have Tiger as their major attractions. Two notable National Parks around Nagpur are Pench National Park around 60 km north of Nagpur, and Tadoba National Park around 180 km south of Nagpur.
Now the number of tigers has soared up steadily. The sanctuary now has three resident females rearing 10 cubs.," [5] As per the 2015-16 tiger estimation report, there are five or six tigers in the Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary. [5]
As per Ministry of Environment and Forests, the wild tiger population in India stood at 2,226 in 2014 with an increase of 30.5% since the 2010 estimate. [4] In 2018, according to the National Tiger Conservation Authority, there were an estimated 2,967 wild tigers in existence in India. The wild tiger population increased to 3,682 as of 2022. [5]
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.
Maharajbagh zoo is the central zoo of Nagpur, India. The zoo is located in the heart of the city and has been built on the garden of the Bhonsle and Maratha rulers of the city. [1] The zoo comes under the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) of India and is maintained by the Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PKV) of Nagpur.