Pench National Park

Information about Pench National Park

For Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh, see Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh.

The Pench National Park is located in northwestern Maharastra in India, about 70 km from the city of Nagpur. Spread over an area of 275 km², it extends into the neighbouring state of Madhya Pradesh. The vegetation here is typical of the southern tropical deciduous forest. The best time to visit the park is between February and April. The common animals which can be seen are the gaur, sambhars, blue bulls, macaque, langur, wild boar, bears and wild dogs and the Park is well-known for its deers and leopards. A few tigers and civets can also be spotted sometimes.

The Park is open to visitors between 6 AM to 10:30AM in the morning and 3 PM to 6 PM in the evening. The park remains closed during the months of July, August and September. It can be accessed by road as well as railway. The nearest rail-head is at Ramtek and a bus can be taken for the next 35 km to the Park. Other important natural forests in Maharashtra like the Nagzira Sanctuary and the Navegaon National Park are also close to Pench.

Pench forest reserve, is the setting for Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

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The name of Pench National Park was changed to "Indira Priyadarshini Pench National Park" in November 2002 Similarly the name of Pench Sanctuary has been changed to "Mowgli Pench Sanctuary".

pench national park is situated to the south of satpura hills. It is named so after the name of the river Pench which flows through this area. This is the 19th project tiger reserve in India and was declared so in 1992.It has tropical moist deciduous forest. The prey concentration is highesty along the banks of the river Pench. The Pench national park has a count of 8 tigers (as in 1998) and 7 panthers (as in 1998).this national park is rich with chitals i.e. axis axis or more commonly spotted deer. There are 10 villages in the national park - 1 inside the park (Fulzari) and 9 on the periphery. A high vigilance level has kept the park away from poaching. Not that the park is free of poaching but it has a very good control over the poaching. Even unnecessary felling and illegal felling of trees is also controlled by timely patrolling. Group patrolling is also carried out here. The nearby villagers also help a lot in patrolling. This has paid dividends and the park is flourishing. This park is also a paradise ofor bird watchers as a lot of species, around 270 of them can be sighted here. The area was declared as Pench national park(Maharashtra) by the Government of Maharashtra vide notification number R&F.D./1395/212768/F-1 dated 22-11-75 with an area of 257.26 square kilo meter. Government of India declared the area as Pench tiger reserve vide their notification number III(I)-25/98-PT dated 11-2-99.this was reinforced with Government of Maharashtra declaration of Pench National Park as Pench tiger reserve vide Resolution number WLp-1095/CR-110/F-1 dated 23-2-99.
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Madhya Pradesh (abbreviated as MP) pronunciation   (help info )
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Pench National Park is situated in Seoni and Chhindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh in India. It derives its name from the Pench River that flows through the National park from north to south dividing the park into almost equal western and eastern halves- the well forested areas of
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Maharashtra (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र
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Nāgpur pronunciation   (help info )
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Madhya Pradesh (abbreviated as MP) pronunciation   (help info )
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Deciduous means "temporary" or "tending to fall off" (deriving from the Latin word decidere, to fall off) and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally.
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Sambar may refer to:
  • Sambar Deer, a kind of deer
  • Sambar (dish), a lentil-based dish common in Tamil Nadu,South India and Sri Lanka
  • Sambhar, Rajasthan, a city and a municipality in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
  • Sambhar Salt Lake in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

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Macaca
Lacepede, 1799

Type species
Simia inuus
Linnaeus, 1758 = Simia sylvanus Linnaeus, 1758

Species
See text.

The macaques (IPA: /məˈkak/
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Colobinae
Jerdon, 1867

Genera

Colobus
Piliocolobus
Procolobus
Trachypithecus
Presbytis
Semnopithecus
Pygathrix
Rhinopithecus
Nasalis
Simias
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S. scrofa

Binomial name
Sus scrofa
Linnaeus, 1758

The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig.
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Ursidae
G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Genera

Ailuropoda
Helarctos
Melursus
Ursavus "true bear"
Ursus
Tremarctos
Agriarctos (extinct)
Amphicticeps (extinct)

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Wild Dog may refer to one of the following:
  • Feral dog
  • Small-eared dog, Atelocynus microtis, wild canid of South America
  • Raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides, wild canid of Asia
  • Bush dog, Speothos venaticus

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Cervidae
Goldfuss, 1820

Subfamilies

Capreolinae/Odocoileinae
Cervinae
Hydropotinae
Muntiacinae

A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.
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P. pardus

Binomial name
Panthera pardus
Linnaeus, 1758



The leopard (Panthera pardus
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P. tigris

Binomial name
Panthera tigris
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Historical distribution of tigers (pale yellow) and 2006 (green).

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Civets are mammals, most of which are species in the family Viverridae. They are small, lithe-bodied, mostly arboreal members of the order Carnivora. General appearance is broadly cat-like, but the muzzle is extended and often pointed, rather like an otter or a mongoose.
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Coordinates: Ramtek is a city and a municipal council in Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

History

Ramtek has got Historic temple of lord Rama.
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Nagzira wildlife sanctuary is located in the Bhandara district of Maharashtra. This sanctuary has a number of fish, 34 species of mammals, 166 species of birds, 36 species of reptiles and four species of amphibians.
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Navegaon National Park is a national park located in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. 133,88 km².

About 60% of the bird species found in this state can be seen in the National Park.
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Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling
Born: November 30 1865(1865--)
Bombay, British India
Died: January 18 1936 (aged 72)
Middlesex Hospital, London, England [1]
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The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling. He had accrued much knowledge about the jungles in India through listening to others and using research. He was also born in India. All of the stories were published in magazines in 1893-4.
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national parks of India. India's first national park (an IUCN category II protected area) was established in 1935 as Hailey National Park, now known as Jim Corbett National Park. By 1970, India only had five national parks.
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Campbell Bay National Park is a national park in India, located on the island of Great Nicobar, the largest of the Nicobar Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean some 190 km to the north of Sumatra.
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Galathea National Park is a National Park located in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located on the island of Great Nicobar in the Nicobar Islands, which lie in the eastern Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal).
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Location Andaman Islands, India

Area 281,5 km²
Established 1983

Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park is a national park of India in Wandoor on the Andaman Islands. Situated 29 km. from Port Blair, the park covers 281.
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The Mount Harriet Island National Park is a national park located in Ferrargunj tehsil in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory. The park covers about 46.62 km².

It is known for its Andaman wild pigs, saltwater crocodiles, turtles and robber crab.
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Middle Button Island National Park is an Indian national park located in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is situated close to Point Blair. The total area that this parkland covers is about 64 square kilometres.

Among the animals found here are the spotted deer.
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North Button Island National Park is a national park in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands along the coast of India. The park is about 44 square miles and home to many creatures such as the dugong and the dolphin.
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