Pench Tiger Reserve

The Pench National Park is named after the Pench River , which flows from north to south through the park. This river constitutes the district boundary of Seoni and Chhindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh in the upper region and State boundary with Maharashtra State in the lower region. This area became the 19th Tiger Reserve of India in 1992

The Pench National Park which constitutes the core of the Tiger Reserves was notified in the year 1983. The total area of the park is 292.85 sq. km's. The total area of the Pench Tiger Reserve is 757.85 sq.kms. The Buffer Zone includes Pench Sanctuary (118.47 sq.kms.), Reserve and protected forests and Revenue areas of Seoni and Chhindwara districts. The Buffer Zone extends in all the directions except south, where Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru National Park (Tiger Reserve) is situated in Nagpur district of Maharashtra.

PRINCIPAL FLORA

Teak, Saja, Bija, Jamun, Dhaora, Mahua, Semal, Lendia, Aonla, Tendu, Dhaman, Palas, Kusum, Arjun, Baheda, and Bamboo, apart from numerous Sps. of grasses and herbaceous flora.

Even as on date India is having the largest population of Tigers in the world, yet many of its Tigers country are hidden & unknown. One such is Pench National Park.

Fauna

Tiger, panther, Indian Gaur, wild dogs, wild boar, small India civet, sloth bear, and blue bull. Pench tour boast of more than 200 species of birds including several migratory birds. Commonly seen are Peafowl, red jungle fowl, crimson breasted barbet, Drongo, magpie robin, lesser whistling teal.

Climate

There are three well defined seasons :

The cool : From middle of October to end of February.

The hot : From middle of March to middle of June.

The wet : From middle of June to middle of October. The annual rainfall is 1.173 mm, coming mostly in the rainy season.

The temperature ranges from a maximum of 42 ° C in May and June, to around 4° C in winter.

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