What is the Geography and Location of Kanha National Park?

Jul 15, 2021 - 06:17
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What is the Geography and Location of Kanha National Park?

Kanha National park, officially known as the Kanha Tiger Reserve brings all the fascinations for a true nature lover with its amazing landscapes. The climate and atmosphere is simply outstanding that draws multiple attentions while touring across its corners.

Kanha National park, officially known as the Kanha Tiger Reserve brings all the fascinations for a true nature lover with its amazing landscapes. The climate and atmosphere is simply outstanding that draws multiple attentions while touring across its corners.

Area of Kanha National Park:
Kanha national park is shaped like a figure “8” on its side, with a length from west to east of approximately 80km and a width ranging from 8 to 35km. The Park’s total area is 1945 square km which consists of a core area of 940 square km surrounded by a buffer zone of 1,005 sq km. There are nearly 155 villages in the buffer zone and over 255 villages within a radius of 10km. Further, the park is being divided into 6 ranges for better management: Kisli, Kanha, Sarhi and Mukki in the western block; and Bhaisanghat and Supkhar in the eastern sector which are closed for the public.

Geography:
Kanha dwells in the central Indian highlands and amazingly hosts nearly half of India’s forests. The Kanha Reserve is located in the Maikal Range which forms the eastern base of the triangular Satpura Range. The park lies 160 km (100 miles) southeast of Jabalpur and 270 km (170 miles) northeast of the city of Nagpur (Maharashtra). The exact geographical coordinates of Kanha are: Latitude: 22° 7′ to 22° 27’N; longitude: 80° 26′ to 81° 3’E.

Kanha national park is shaped like a figure “8” on its side, with a length from west to east of approximately 80km and a width ranging from 8 to 35km.

The Park’s total area is 1945 square km which consists of a core area of 940 square km surrounded by a buffer zone of 1,005 sq km. There are nearly 155 villages in the buffer zone and over 255 villages within the radius of 10km.

Further the park is being divided into 6 ranges for better management: Kisli, Kanha, Sarhi and Mukki in the western block; and Bhaisanghat and Supkhar in the eastern sector which are closed for the public. Geography: Kanha dwells in the central Indian highlands and amazingly hosts nearly half of India’s forests. The Kanha Reserve is located in the Maikal Range which forms the eastern base of the triangular Satpura Range. The park lies 160 km (100 miles) southeast of Jabalpur and 270 km (170 miles) northeast of the city of Nagpur (Maharashtra). The exact geographical coordinates of Kanha are: Latitude: 22° 7′ to 22° 27’N; longitude: 80° 26′ to 81° 3’E.

Location of Kanha National Park

The Kanha National Park is stretched over an area of 940 km² in the Manada and Balaghat districts by dwelling across the longitude of 80°- 26′-10″ to 81°-4′-40″ and latitude of 22°-1°-5″ to 22°-27′-48″. The tiger reserve has majestically two divisions- the core zones and the buffer zones. The core zone which is called the Kanha National Park is spread across 940 km² and the multiple-use area covers at least 1009 sq km thus bringing the total coverage area of 1,949 sq km.

Apart from that, there is also the Phen Wildlife Sanctuary scattered around the area of 110.740 sq km in the vicinity of the Kanha Tiger Reserve. Kanha is located 160 kilometres (100 miles) south-east of Jabalpur by stretching across 22° 7′ to 22° 27′ N and 80° 26′ to 81° 3′ E.

The park has two entrance gates at opposite ends, one at Khatia-Kisli and the other one is at Mukki Gate. The distance between these two gates is 40 km. The boundary line of the tiger reserve touches the Raipur City of Chattisgarh. India’s second national park, the Kanha Tiger Reserve is the pride of the dense forests between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges to offer a variety of flora and fauna.

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