Pench Tiger Reserve

Category: Environment / Tiger Conservation

  • Pench Tiger Reserve is located in the southern Satpura landscape of Madhya Pradesh.
  • It covers parts of Seoni and Chhindwara districts.
  • The Pench River flows through and divides the national park landscape.
  • The reserve forms part of an important central Indian tiger corridor.
  • The Madhya Pradesh reserve was declared a Tiger Reserve in 1992.
  • It connects ecologically with tiger landscapes such as Kanha and other central Indian reserves.
  • A separate Pench Tiger Reserve exists in Maharashtra, making the Pench landscape an important inter-state conservation landscape.

Prelims Pointers: State → Madhya Pradesh | Districts → Seoni + Chhindwara | River → Pench | Tiger Reserve → 1992.