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 was divided into two sanctuaries, Hallon and Banjar, of 250 and 300 km. sq. respectively. Kanha National Park was created on 1st June 1955 and in 1973 was made the Kanha Tiger Reserve.
Today it stretches over an area of 940 km. sq. in the two districts Mandla and Balaghat. Together with a surrounding buffer zone of 1,067 km. sq. and the neighboring 110 km. sq. Phen Sanctuary 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 the Royal 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.
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