Back محمية كانها للببور Arabic कान्हा टाइगर रिजर्व Bihari কানহা জাতীয় উদ্যান Bengali/Bangla Parc Nacional de Kanha Catalan Národní park Kanha Czech Kanha-Nationalpark German Parque nacional de Kanha Spanish Kanhan kansallispuisto Finnish Parc national de Kanha French कान्हा बाघ अभयारण्य Hindi
| Kanha Tiger Reserve | |
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 Tiger in Kanha Tiger Reserve | |
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| Location | Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Nearest city | Mandla |
| Coordinates | 22°13′39″N 80°38′42″E / 22.22750°N 80.64500°E |
| Area | 940 km2 (360 sq mi) |
| Created | 1933 (as Wildlife Sanctuary) 1955; (as National Park) 1974; (as Tiger Reserve) |
| Visitors | 213,804 (in 2022)[1] |
| Governing body | Madhya Pradesh Forest Department |
Kanha Tiger Reserve, also known as Kanha–Kisli National Park, is one of the tiger reserves of India and the largest national park of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The present-day Kanha area is divided into two protected areas, Hallon and Banjar, of 250 and 300 km2 (97 and 116 sq mi), respectively. Kanha National Park was created on 1 June 1955 and was designated tiger reserve in 1973. Today, it encompasses an area of 940 km2 (360 sq mi) in the two districts Mandla and Balaghat.
Together with a surrounding buffer zone of 1,067 km2 (412 sq mi) and the neighbouring 110 km2 (42 sq mi) Phen Sanctuary, it forms the Kanha Tiger Reserve, which is one of the biggest in the country.[2][3] This makes it the largest national park in central India.
The park hosts Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, sloth bear, barasingha and dhole. It is also the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot, Bhoorsingh the Barasingha.[4]
- ^ "15L tourists visited MP's 11 national parks till July". The Times of India. 16 September 2022. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ "Kanha Tiger Reserve". Madhya Pradesh Forest Department. Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ "Kahna Tiger Reserve: History and origin (3rd slide)". Kahna Tiger Reserve. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ Neeraj, S. (2017). "Meet 'Bhoorsingh the Barasingha': Kanha tiger reserve becomes first in India get official mascot". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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