National park in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, India
Sanjay National Park is a national park in Singrauli and Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It covers an area of and is a part of the Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve.
Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve.
All of Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve used to be in Madhya Pradesh with , before Chhattisgarh was carved out of it in 2000. A large part of this area is now located in Chhattisgarh, which was renamed to "Guru Ghasidas National Park" by the Government of Chhattisgarh.
The National Park is named after Guru Ghasidas. It shared five tigers with Madhya Pradesh in 2010. In addition, considering that what used to be Surguja State is now part of Chhattisgarh, and that the state has a district called Koriya, this overall area was the last known territory of the Asiatic cheetah in India.
The Tiger Reserve comprises Sanjay National Park and the Dubri Wildlife Sanctuary both located in Sidhi District. The park is spread over total area of including core area and buffer.
Flora.
It is located in the Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests ecoregion. The area is well known for its rich biodiversity. It has Sal, bamboo and mixed forests.
Fauna.
Sanjay National Park harbours Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, spotted deer, Sambar deer, wild boar, nilgai, chinkara, porcupine, monitor lizard.
The gaur disappeared in 1997. In 2023, 43 gaur were reintroduced from Kanha Tiger Reserve and Satpura Tiger Reserve.
According to an official census of Madhya Pradesh carried out in 2004, Sanjay National Park had six tigers. No tiger was sighted there between October 2008 and May 2009. There were 41 tigers in July 2023.
There are 309 species of birds are found here. Among the many birds here are the Indian golden oriole, racket-tailed drongo, Indian pitta, rufous treepie, lesser adjutant, red-headed vulture, Indian vulture, white-rumped vulture, Egyptian vulture and nightjar.
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