Kanha Tiger Reserve, Habitat, Flora, Fauna

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Kanha Tiger Reserve Latest News

A 2-year-old tigress was found dead in Kanha Tiger Reserve in Mandla district recently.

About Kanha Tiger Reserve

Kanha Tiger Reserve, also called Kanha National Park, is located in the Mandla and Balaghat districts of Madhya Pradesh.
It is the largest national park of Madhya Pradesh.
It lies within a series of plateaus in the Maikal hills, east of the ancient Satpura range in central India.
Kanha National Park was created on June 1, 1955, and in 1973, it was made the Kanha Tiger Reserve.
It sprawls over an area of 940 sq.km.
Kanha Tiger Reserve Habitat: It is characterized mainly by forested shallow undulations, hills with varying degrees of slopes, plateaus, and valleys.
The forest depicted in the famous novel by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, is thought by some to be based on jungles, including this reserve.
The region is known for some of the ancient tribal communities, like the Gond and Baiga, that still inhabit the region.
It is also the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot, “Bhoorsingh the Barasingha”.
Kanha Tiger Reserve Flora: It is primarily a moist Sal and moist mixed deciduous forest where Bamboo, Tendu, Sal, Jamun, Arjun, and Lendia flourish.
Kanha Tiger Reserve Fauna:
- The park has a significant population of Royal Bengal Tiger, leopard, sloth bear, and Indian wild dog.
- The Park is respected globally for saving the Barasingha (the state animal of Madhya Pradesh) from near extinction, and has the unique distinction of harbouring the last world population of this deer species.

Kanha Tiger Reserve FAQs

Q1. Which state is Kanha Tiger Reserve in?

Ans. Kanha Tiger Reserve, also called Kanha National Park, is one of the tiger reserves of India and the largest national park of Madhya Pradesh, state in the heart of India.

Q2. Which river flows through Kanha Tiger Reserve?