Kanha National Park

The Kanha National Park in the Mandla District of Madhya Pradesh, spreads over 1,945 sq. km of dense sal forests, interspersed with extensive meadows and trees and clumps of wild bamboo. This is where you can spot the tiger in all his magnificence or feast your eyes on the rare Barasingha Deer amidst extensive grasslands.

The park forms the core of the Kanha Tiger Reserve created in 1974, under Project Tiger. It is one of the most well-maintained National Parks in Asia, and a major attraction for avid wildlife buffs all over the world. Two major rivers, Halon and Banjar, flow through the park.

Kanha National Park at Mandla has an area of 1,945 sq. km. The floral elements are Sal (Shorea Robusta) with wild bamboo and mixed speicies of forest trees. This area known as Kipling Country is where the jungle book of Rudyard Kipling was conceived.

Map of Kanha National Park, India

Main attractions: Kanha safari

Tiger, Leopard, Bison or Gaur, Sambar Deer, Spotted or Chital Deer , Barasingha or Swamp Deer, Barking Deers, Four horned or Chousihgha Deer, Mouse Deer, Neelgai, Sloth Bear, Jackal, Fox, Porcupine, Hyaena, Jungle Cat, Python, Hare, Monkey, Mongoose, etc. can also be seen here. Birds species in the park Storks, Teals, Pintails, Pond Herons, Egrets, Peacock, Pea Fowl, Jungle Fowl, Red and Painted Spur Fowls, Patridge, species of Quails, Ring Dove, Yellow Legged Green Pigeon, Columbus or Rock Pigeon, Cuckoos, Rollers, Bee Eater, Hoopes, Drongos, Warblers, King Fishers, Wood Peckers, Finches, Orioles, Owls, Fly Catchers in Kanha Kisli.

Kanha Tiger Reserve- Time Line

• James Forsyth in Central Indian Highlands 1860
• Kanha notified as reserve forest 1880
• Kiplings Jungle Book 1890
• Kanha made a sanctuary 1933
• Forest rest houses at Kanha & Supkhar 1910
• Kanha became a National Park 1955
• George Schaller in Kanha 1963-65
• Project Tiger begins 1973
• Land of the Tiger filmed in Kanha 1985

Facts

Area : 1,945 sq. km's.

Altitude : 450-872 meters.

Temperature (deg C):Summer- Max 40.6, Min 23.9.

Winter- Max 23.9, Min 1.1.

Rainfall : 152 cm.

Best Season : April to June and October to January.

Brief History

Kanha National Park consists of core area of 940 sq. km. which is surrounded by a buffer zone of 1005 sq. km. Little is known about Kanha before the middle of the 19th century. The first extensive natural history notes about the area come from Captain J. Forsyth. (The highlands of Central India) year 1860.

 

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