The park lies right in the heart of Kipling country, near the Waingsnga River, of which Kipling wrote so vividly in his Jungle Book. It was constituted into a National Park in 1955 and a Tiger Reserve was created in 1974. Kanha has been nominated as the 'Best Maintained Tourist Friendly National Park'. It covers an area of 1208 sq. km. comprising of grasslands, sal groves and bamboo forests and is inhabited by 22 species of animals and 250 species of birds. This haven of tiger is also the only habitat of the rare hard ground barasingha. Other animals seen here are panther, samber chital, gaur, black buck etc. In the Maikal hills of the Satpura Range in eastern MP
| Type |
National Park, WL
|
Region Type |
Gangetic Plain
|
Altitude |
450-900 m |
|
| District |
Mandla
|
State |
Madhya Pradesh
|
Region |
North
|
|
| Area |
939.94 Sq. Km |
Population as per 2001 census |
|
Languages |
|
|
| Temperature & Rainfall |
Summer Max: 40.6 deg.C.Min 23.9 deg.C
Winter Max: 23.9 deg.C. Min 1.1 deg.C
|
Best Seasons |
April to June and November to January |
Clothing |
|
|
| Nearby Stations |
KANHANGAD KZE, KANHARGAON NAKA KNRG
|
Nearby Airports |
Jabalpur Airport (JLR) |
Nearby Places |
Jabalpur, Kangra, Baihar
|
|
| STD Code |
7649
|
Pincode |
445205
|
Other Names |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
