Bandhavgarh National
Park is one of the wild life sanctuaries in the Indian state Madhya Pradesh.
The national park is situated at 197 km away north-east of Jabalpur. This wild
life park derived its very name from an ancient fort in the area. Bandhawgarh
National Park belongs to the Vindhyan mountain ranges of central India and it
boasts to have the highest density of tiger population in the country. Now
there are about 46 to 52 tigers one can spot here.
Bandhavgarh
National Park is one of the finest national park in the India and has the
distinction of harboring the highest concentration of tigers per unit area of
forest. The Bandhavgarh National Park is spread over on area of 448 sq km
with a cross area of 105 sq km. At the center of the park is the bandhavgarh
hill, rising 811 meters above sea level and surrounding it are a sloping
valleys, These valleys end in small, swampy meadows locally known as
“bohera”. Bandhavgarh was declared a national park in 1968. Since then many
steps have been taken to retain.
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Bandhavgarh National
Park as an unspoilt national habitat for a variety of wildlife peculiar to the
area. These includes gaur (Indian bison), sloth bear, leopard, porcupine, wild
boar, sambhar and spotted deer, among others and of course, the tiger.
