The tiger reserves in India were set up as a part of Project Tiger initiated in 1973 and are administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of Government of India . As of November 2024, there are 56 protected areas that have been designated as tiger reserves. As of 2023, there were 3,682 wild tigers in India, which is almost 75% of the world's wild tiger population.
17-480: 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 km (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 km (360 sq mi) in
34-399: A balance between the existence of people and animals in the buffer zones. In 1973, nine protected areas were initially designated as tiger reserves. By the late 1980s, the initial nine reserves covering an area of 9,115 km (3,519 sq mi) had been increased to 15 reserves covering an area of 24,700 km (9,500 sq mi). More than 1100 tigers were estimated to inhabit
51-461: A semi-nomadic tribe of central India that is reliant on the forest, lived in 28 villages that had been within the Kanha National Park until 1968, when they were relocated. The relocation was part of an effort to maintain a critical tiger habitat. The land to which they were relocated is barren and they now suffer from malnourishment. The last of the villages to be relocated for the tiger habitat
68-517: Is a major railway stations with train connectivity across India. From Jabalpur, the best way to travel is via Mandla , which has a tourist taxi service to the park, and one can reach up to Chiraidongri the newly added Broad Gauge station via Jabalpur, Nainpur railway route to enter national park through Kanha gate. In pre-planned journey one of shortest road route is Jabalpur-Bargi Dam-Ganhsor-Thanwar Dam-Chiraidongri-Kanha National Park. Other route Jabalpur to Mandla (via NH-30)-Chiraidongri- Kanha route
85-612: Is also the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot, Bhoorsingh the Barasingha. Kanha Tiger Reserve is home to over 1000 species of flowering plants. The lowland forest is a mixture of sal ( Shorea robusta ) and other mixed-forest trees, interspersed with meadows . The highland forests are tropical moist, dry deciduous type and of a completely different nature from bamboo ( Dendrocalamus strictus ) on slopes. A notable Indian ghost tree ( Sterculia urens ) can also be seen in
102-400: Is home to majority of the global wild tiger population, the increase in population of tigers in India played a major role in driving up global populations as well; the number of wild tigers globally rose from 3,159 in 2010 to 3,890 in 2016 according to World Wildlife Fund and Global Tiger Forum. Tiger reserves were set up as a part of Project Tiger initiated in 1973 and are administered by
119-532: Is in the core zone of the Kanha Tiger Reserve. The area is the ancestral home of the Gond and Baiga tribes. In January 2010, Baiga tribe were illegally evicted from the park without proper compensation from the government, according to Survival International . In its efforts to maintain and restore tiger habitats, WWF-India has worked to create corridors that support the tigers and their prey, thereby stabilizing
136-406: Is preferred when arrival permission is to be taken from National Park authority at Mandla. This National Park can also be approached from Raipur - Gandai - Malanjkhand - Baihar highway route via Mukki Gate to National Park. M.P. Tourism and Private owners has hotels, resorts near to Mukki Gate. Similar stay facilities is also available at Khatia and Kanha Gate. There are three gates for entrance into
153-459: Is the reintroduction of barasingha . The gaur will be relocated to Bandhavgarh and some barasingha will be relocated to Satpura Tiger Reserve . The objective of this project is to introduce about 500 barasingha in this national park to eight or nine different locations. There is also a project to capture about twenty tigers and relocate them to Satpura Tiger Reserve . Members of the Baiga tribe ,
170-479: The National Tiger Conservation Authority of Government of India. Tiger reserves consist of a core area which includes part(s) of protected areas such as a national park or a wildlife sanctuary and a buffer zone which is a mix of forested and non-forested land. Project tiger is aimed at performing the necessary activities to ensure viability of tiger population in the core area and to promote
187-1013: The dense forest. Kanha Tiger Reserve hosts populations of Bengal tiger , Indian leopard , dhole , sloth bear , Bengal fox and Indian jackal . The barasingha is adapted to swampy areas. The gaur inhabits meadows and waterholes in the park. Blackbuck has become very rare. The reserve hosts around 300 species of birds and the most commonly seen birds are the black ibis , Asian green bee-eater , cattle egret , plum-headed parakeet , Indian pond heron , drongo , common teal , crested serpent eagle , Indian grey hornbill , Indian roller , lesser adjutant , little grebe , lesser whistling teal , minivet , Malabar pied hornbill , woodpeckers, pigeon, Indian paradise flycatcher , hill myna , Indian peafowl , red junglefowl , red-wattled lapwing , steppe eagle , Tickell's blue flycatcher , white-eyed buzzard , white-breasted kingfisher , white-browed fantail , wood shrikes, warblers, and vultures among many more. An exciting conservation effort in this national park
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#1732859513488204-410: The park. The Kanha/Kisli gate is best accessed from Jabalpur and stops at the village Khatia, inside the buffer area. The second gate is at Mukki and the third, most recently opened, gate is at Sarhi. An economic assessment study of Kanha Tiger Reserve estimated that the tiger reserve provides flow benefits worth 16.5 billion rupees (0.80 lakh / hectare) annually. Important ecosystem services from
221-499: The section 38 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 , the state governments are responsible preparing a Tiger Conservation Plan which includes planning and management of notified areas and maintaining the requisite competent staff to ensure the protection of the tiger reserve and providing inputs for maintaining a viable population of tigers, co-predators and prey animals. In 2006, it was estimated that there were 1,411 tigers living in
238-654: The tiger population. This includes efforts to prevent loss of life or property of humans, reduce human dependency on the forest, and reduce retaliatory killings of tigers when people have experienced losses. Kanha's frontline staff continue to receive support, training and equipment from WWF. The Jabalpur Airport 175 km (109 mi) / 04:30hrs) has direct flights to and from Delhi , Mumbai , Kolkata , Hyderabad , Pune , Belgaum and Bhopal , with AirIndia , SpiceJet and IndiGo operating daily flights. Nagpur (Mukki 240 km (150 mi) and Raipur (Mukki 185 km (115 mi)) have other airports. Jabalpur
255-488: The tiger reserve include gene-pool protection (12.41 billion year), provisioning of water to downstream regions (558 million) and provisioning of fodder in buffer areas (546 million). Other services included recreation value (384 million), provision of habitat and refugia for wildlife (319 million) and sequestration of carbon (219 million). [REDACTED] Kanha Tiger Reserve travel guide from Wikivoyage Tiger reserves of India As per
272-427: The two districts Mandla and Balaghat . Together with a surrounding buffer zone of 1,067 km (412 sq mi) and the neighbouring 110 km (42 sq mi) Phen Sanctuary, it forms the Kanha Tiger Reserve, which is one of the biggest in the country. This makes it the largest national park in central India . The park hosts Bengal tiger , Indian leopard , sloth bear , barasingha and dhole . It
289-492: The wild, the lowest ever recorded. The 2010 National Tiger Assessment estimated the total population of wild tigers in India at 1,706. As per Ministry of Environment and Forests , the wild tiger population in India stood at 2,226 in 2014 with an increase of 30.5% since the 2010 estimate. In 2018, according to the National Tiger Conservation Authority, there were an estimated 2,967 wild tigers in existence in India. The wild tiger population increased to 3,682 as of 2022. As India
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