Kanha National Park

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. The present-day Kanha area is divided into two sanctuaries, Hallon and Banjar, of 250 and 300 km2 respectively. Kanha National Park was created on 1 June 1955 and in 1973 was made the Kanha Tiger Reserve. Today it stretches over an area of 940 km2 in the two districts Mandla and Balaghat.
Together with a surrounding buffer zone of 1,067 km2 and the neighbouring 110 km2 Phen Sanctuary it forms the Kanha Tiger Reserve. This makes it the largest National Park in Central India. Kanha Tiger Reserve was ranked among the top 10 Famous Places for Tourists.
The park has a significant population of Bengal tiger, Indian leopards, the sloth bear, barasingha and Indian wild dog. The forest depicted in the famous novel by Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book is based on jungles including this reserve. It is also the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot, "Bhoorsingh the Barasingha".

Kanha national park Do jungle safari in Kanha forest is a fabulous experience for any wildlife lover as it offers picturesque topography with huge plateaus, meadows and valleys. Here we will find semi-deciduous which means even in peak summers, you will find some greenery in park. At present, four safari zones are open for visitors in which one is premium zone and other three are non-premium zones.
Popular entrance gates for park are Khatia and Mukki gates. During safaris, most commonly seen mammals are Indian Gaur, Hard-ground Barasingha, Tigers, Spooted Deer, Sambar, Leopard, Black-faced Langurs. In buffer zone we will find small villages and fields. These villages are of local tribal people like Baigas, Gonds, Saharia etc. In this web page we have shared some vital Kanha park information which is good to be known to visitors. Here we have tried to list all popular places to visit in Kanha, its safari zones, Kanha jungle safari information, how to reach the park, Kanha latest news updates etc. Below information in very meaningful and useful, just go through it.