Sanjay National Park
| Sanjay National Park | |
|---|---|
| Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve | |
IUCN category II (national park) | |
A Tiger in Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve | |
| Location | Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Nearest city | Sidhi and Rampur Naikin |
| Coordinates | 23°55′N 81°50′E / 23.92°N 81.83°E |
| Area | 1,674.55 km2 (646.55 sq mi) |
| Established |
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| Governing body | Government of India |
| sanjaytigerreserve | |
Sanjay National Park is a national park in India. It is in the Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh. It is 1,674.55 km2 (646.55 sq mi) in size. It is a part of the Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve. India made it a national park in 1981 and a tiger reserve in 2006.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Sanjay National Park is made of the Sanjay National Park and the Dubri Wildlife Sanctuary. Both are in Sidhi District. Sanjay Dubri National Park was named after dubri village. The park is 1,674.55 km2 (646.55 sq mi) including 812 km2 (314 sq mi) core area and 868 km2 (335 sq mi) extra area around it.[2] It used to be in Madhya Pradesh with 2,300 km2 (890 sq mi), but then Chhattisgarh was removed from it in 2000. A large part of this 1,500 km2 (580 sq mi) area is now in Chhattisgarh, which was renamed Guru Ghasidas National Park.[6][7][8][9] The Banas river, which joins the Son river, is the western end of the park. The land in the park is hilly.[3]
Plants
This park has dry forest places. It has many kinds of plants in it. It has Sal, bamboo, and mixed forests.[10] The trees in the park are sal, dhawa, tendu, harra, mahua, kusum, shisham, khair, amla, and bair.[3]
Animals
Many animals live in Sanjay National Park, including Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, chital, sambar deer, northern red muntjac, chinkara, wild boar, nilgai, Indian elephant, sloth bear, golden jackal, striped hyena, Indian crested porcupine, jungle cat, and monitor lizard.[11][12]
Tiger
In 1951, the king of Rewa, Martand Singh, caught a white tiger named Mohan in the forest of Sidhi district, which is now part of the Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve.[3] In 2004, the Madhya Pradesh census found six tigers in Sanjay National Park.[1] A 2018 report also said the park had six tigers.[2] There were 41 tigers in July 2023.[13]
Cheetah
The big place that has Sanjay National Park in it is where people last saw the Asiatic cheetah in India.[9]
Guar
The gaur disappeared in 1997. In 2023, people brought 43 gaur from Kanha Tiger Reserve and Satpura Tiger Reserve to Sanjay National Park.[14][15]
Birds
Sanjay National Park has many birds, for example peacock, red jungle fowl, Asian koel, Indian roller and owls.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Singh, S.; Dixit, R. D.; Sahu, T.R. (2005). "Pteridophytic Diversity of Sanjay National Park (Sidhi), Madhya Pradesh". Indian Forester. 131 (4): 574–582.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Ties in the wild: 'Mausi' tigress protects, trains cubs of her dead sister". Deccan Herald. 21 August 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Tiwari, S.K. (1997). "Sanjay Dubri Game Sanctuary". Wildlife Sanctuaries of Madhya Pradesh. APH Publishing Corporation. pp. 113–116. ISBN 9788170248101.
- ↑ Pabla, HS, Dr (2019). "Reintroduction of White Tiger in Sanjay Tiger Reserve". Wardens in Shackles. Educreation Publishing. pp. 173–174. ISBN 9781795878876.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "What is the origin of the white tiger?". Times of India. 18 November 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Explained: India's newest Tiger Reserve, No 4 in Chhattisgarh". 2021.
- ↑ "Chhattisgarh asked to propose tiger reserve status for Guru Ghasidas park". The Hindu. 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ↑ "No tiger in Sanjay Tiger Reserve also, says official". Times Of India. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Divyabhanusinh (1999). The End of a Trail: the Cheetah in India. Banyan Books, New Delhi.
- ↑ "Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
- ↑ Negi, S. S. (2002). Handbook of National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Biosphere Reserves in India. Indus Publishing Company. p. 66. ISBN 9788173871283.
- ↑ "Conservationists object to rail line through MP tiger reserve". Deccan Herald. 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Found family: Tigress adopts sister's orphaned cubs at Sanjay National Park". Down to Earth. 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ↑ "28 Gaurs Translocated from Kanha Now Roam Free in Sanjay Tiger Reserve". Indian Masterminds. 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ↑ "Madhya Pradesh's barasingha and gaur populations soar thanks to conservation efforts". New Indian Express. 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2025.