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Kanha National Park
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Located in “Maikal” ranges of the Satpuras
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Declared in 1935 as Sanctuary…upgraded as National Park in 1955
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Included among first nine reserves in Project Tiger
Altitude of the area varies from 450m to 950m above mean sea level
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Tiger Reserve with an area of 1949 sq. km
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Home for more than 125 tigers, only surviving population of Central
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India Swamp deer & 300 identified bird species
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Saving the highly endangered hard ground Barasingha & Tigers
Kanha is divided in 3 tourist zones
Kanha
Sarhi
Mukki
Kanha Zone
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Museum at Kanha
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Maidens (Meadows) of Kanha, Kisli
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Elephant ride when tiger is spotted
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Wildlife film shows at Khatia in evenings
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Nature Trail at Khatia
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Orientation centre at Khatia
Sarhi Zone
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New area opened for tourists
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Neelgai (Blue bull)
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Elephant Camp with young calves
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Rondagarh – hill top view point
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Major population of Barasingha
Mukki Zone
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The large maidans(Meadows) of Sondar, Ghorella,
Bishanpura and Aurai
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Orientation centre with evening wildlife film shows
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The dadar – Bamhnidadar
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Large Water Bodies
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Nature trail
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Elephant ride when tiger is spotted
Kanha - Flora & Fauna
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Over 600 species of flowering plants
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Around 300 species of birds
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43 species of mammals
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Several species of reptile, arthropod and termite
Kanha –Estimated Wildlife population as per 2006 census
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Chital (Cervus axis) -20999
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Sambar (Cervus unicolor)-3351
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Barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak)-1088
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Barasingha (Cervus duvauceli branderi) -335
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Blue bull (Boselaphus traqocamelus)-109
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Chousingha (Tetracerus quadricornis)-129
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Gaur / Indian Bison (Bos gaurus) -1605
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Langur (Presbytis entellus) -6955
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Wild pig (Sus scrofa) -7871
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Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus)-162
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Indian wild dog (Cuon alpinus)-415
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Jackal (Canis aureus) -425
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Tiger (Panthera tigris) -73 – 105, excluding tiger cubs
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Panther (Panthera pardus)-
'Awaited from Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun
Access to Kanha
Airport:
Nagpur(270kms, 5 hrs)
Jabalpur(160kms, 3 hrs)
Raipur(220kms, 5 hrs)
Railhead:
Jabalpur(160kms, 3hrs)
Gondia(160kms, 3hrs)
Nagpur(270kms, 5 hrs)
Raipur(220kms, 5hrs)
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